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October 5, 2015

Following Mass Shooting in Oregon, Jeb Bush Says "Stuff Happens" 
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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has come under criticism for
his response to the massacre in Oregon. Speaking Friday afternoon, Bush
said "stuff happens."

Jeb Bush: "We're in a difficult time in our country, and I don't think
more government is necessarily the answer to this. I think we need to
reconnect ourselves with everybody else. It's just — it's very sad
to see. But I resist the notion, and I did — I had this challenge
as governor, because we had — look, stuff happens. There's always
a crisis, and the impulse is always to do something, and it's not
necessarily the right thing to do."

Fellow Republican presidential contender Donald Trump also argued
against gun control in the wake of the Oregon shooting, saying on NBC's
Meet the Press mass shooters are "geniuses in a certain way. They are
going to be able to break the system."