Stricter gun laws could have meant ‘hundreds more dead’ in Texas shooting, according to Trump

By Sarah Taylor

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that stricter gun laws may have led to a larger massacre during Sunday’s mass shooting at a Sutherland Springs, Texas church.

What did Trump say?

In a news conference from Seoul, South Korea, a reporter asked the president if he would consider “extreme vetting” for gun purchases.

Trump said, “If you did what you’re suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago and you might not have had that very brave person who happened to have a gun or a rifle in his trunk.”

Trump added that if Good Samaritan Stephen Willeford — who reportedly shot church shooter Devin Kelley outside of the church — wasn’t armed, America may have “hundreds more dead” instead of 26 victims.

“That’s the way I feel about it,” Trump said, and noted that new gun control legislation is “not going to help.”

He added, “When you look at the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation — Chicago — and Chicago is a disaster.”

“Just remember,” Trump said. “If this man didn’t have a gun or a rifle, you’d be talking about a much worse situation in the great state of Texas.”

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Source:: The Blaze