'Daily News' provokes with cover on Calif. shooting: 'God isn't fixing this'

The front cover of New York's Daily News for Thursday takes a strong stance against how some politicians are reacting to the San Bernardino shooting with calls for prayer instead of tighter gun control laws.

The headline says, "God Isn't Fixing This."

"As latest batch of innocent Americans are left lying in pools of blood, cowards who could truly end gun scourge continue to hide behind meaningless platitudes," the cover reads.

"The Daily News' front page is not, in any way, shape or form, condemning prayer or religion. Anyone suggesting otherwise is either — intentionally or unintentionally — misconstruing the point, which is that most GOP politicians have offered nothing but empty platitudes and angry rhetoric in response to the ongoing plague of gun violence in our country," the paper's editor-in-chief Jim Rich said in a statement.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and GOP presidential hopefuls Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham all responded with "prayers" for the victims of San Bernardino, Calif.

The tweet of the Daily News' provocative front page is currently the most retweeted of 2015 for the news organization, according to Twitter.

Meanwhile, Democratic presidential hopefuls, including Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, took a different tone and called for "action" to stop gun violence.

President Obama underscored the need for stronger gun control laws in the United States after Wednesday's mass shooting, which left at least 14 dead and 14 wounded.

"There's some steps we could take, not to eliminate every one of the mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they don't happen as frequently," Obama told CBS News.

Some twitter users also reacted with pleas for more government action.

David Mignery tweeted @SpeakerRyan We need more from you than prayers.

Whereas others felt that calling for prayer should not be mocked at a time like this.

Photos: Closer look at California shooting