Trump Announces No Intention To Change His Stance On Guns

By Tom Knighton

I haven’t made a secret of the fact that I don’t trust our president when it comes to guns. It’s nothing personal, I just don’t see a lifelong New Yorker actually understanding quite how important gun rights are to many in this great country. He’s expressed more willingness to “compromise” on guns than I’m comfortable with as well.

However, he also hasn’t embraced the anti-gun arguments like I feared he might.

Yet after Odessa, I had concerns. Would President Trump more fully embrace gun control?

Well, I have my answer.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said Sunday the package of gun-related proposals that he and Congress are considering won’t be affected by the mass shooting this past weekend in Texas.

“We’re doing a package,” he told reporters. “….’That’s irrespective of what happened yesterday in Texas.” He was referring to a mass shooting in which a gunman killed at least seven people and wounded 22 around Odessa. This followed other recent mass shootings in August, including one in El Paso, Texas and another in Dayton, Ohio.

“For the most part, as strong as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it,” Trump said.

So, the president appears to be still considering at …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms