Charleston shooting: 'It's in our power to act on gun crime' says Obama

US President Barack Obama has responded to a shooting at a church in Charleston, saying the US ''will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries"
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Six women and three men including the church pastor were killed as they held a Bible study meeting.
Mr Obama was speaking at the White House, after the suspect was arrested at a traffic stop in Shelby, North Carolina.
''Once again, innocent people were killed, in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun,'' he said.