A rundown of President Trump’s bipartisan meeting on gun legislation (VIDEO)

By Daniel Terrill

A bipartisan group of lawmakers made their case to President Trump at the White House on Wednesday for legislation that could prevent future mass shootings like the one last month in Parkland, Florida.
Trump said he thinks the proposed solution should be “really strong on background checks,” but ideas floated ran the gamut and darted across the ideological spectrum.
Background checks – Trump suggested to lawmakers that they merge competing measures into a single bill instead of multiple ones. Legislation with bipartisan support includes the Fix NICS Act to improve the system’s record keeping and the yet to be filed Manchin-Toomey amendment to expand background checks.
Although Trump advocated keeping measures simple and agreeable, he suggested a few changes like revising the Manchin-Toomey bill to include an age restriction on gun purchasers, merging it with the Fix NICS Act, and maybe changing the name of the Fix NICS Act.
Bump stocks – Instead of focusing on legislation to classify bump stocks as machine gun parts, the president said he’ll do it with an executive order. “I’m going to write that out,” he said, adding his lawyers are working on it right now.
Armed security – Concepts like gun free zones and school safety were often

Source: Guns.com