Today's WTF moment: Shooting response

The AP coverage of Bush's reaction to the Virginia Tech shooting starts out as expected:
"He was horrified and his immediate reaction was one of deep concern for the families of the victims, the victims themselves, the students, the professors and all the people of Virginia who have dealt with this shocking incident," White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said. "His thoughts and prayers are with them."

Then there's this:
"The president believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed," Perino said, noting that Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings held a conference on school gun violence last October. "Certainly, bringing a gun into a school dormitory and shooting ... is against the law and something someone should be held accountable for," Perino said.

This article only has those two quotes, which run concurrently. I'm hoping that the second quote was in response to a reporter's question about gun control. Or, if not that, I hope it didn't immediately follow the first quote, as in the article. Aside from how incredibly idiotic "Certainly, bringing a gun into a school dormitory and shooting... is against the law..." is, how is this in any way the time to bring up the president's opposition to gun control?

The article is here