The citizens of Douglas County and Roseburg OR have told the Presdient NOT to come to their school shooting memorial service. Thoughts?

SPC George Long From what I've heard so far, it seems that the majority of the people from the area do feel that way. Obama not only politicized the whole affair in his address, but he also told the country that the shooting was, "something we should politicize".

If I was a family member, being told that the death of my son, or daughter, was something that the Government had the right to use, at their discretion, for political advantage, I would not be happy about it either. Whereas the death of a child is a matter that a parent might actually appreciate a member of the federal Government taking note of (see Kate Steinle), abusing the information for some political agenda is just plain wrong.

Why not let the family of the victims decide who to welcome or who not to welcome !

You all are missing the point of this article. The extremely valid point of this article isn't to tell the president to come. It is telling the president that they see his true intentions- he shows up to these things and preaches his anti-gun agenda. These people don't want him to go take a tragedy to gain a political advantage to achieve his goals. He doesn't give a rat's ass about the victims or the community that endured this tragedy. Therefore I understand why people would want to mourn and put closure to this event without someone claiming they could have prevented the entire thing by disarming only law-abiding citizens.