Posted September 19, 2019 5:00 pm by Comments

By Cam Edwards

President Donald Trump says his administration is going slowly with any proposal on guns and gun control, because the administration wants “to make sure it’s right”. Speaking to Ed Henry of Fox News in an interview airing Thursday, the president said he’s still in negotiations with members of both parties, but certain measures like a “universal background check” bill aren’t part of discussions, and the president said he would do “nothing to hurt the 2nd Amendment”.

“I am [going to stand up to the NRA] if it’s not going to hurt a good, solid great American citizen from keeping his weapon because they want that,” he said.

“And they are entitled to that. We have a Second Amendment,” Trump continued. “I don’t want to have crazy people have guns. I don’t want to have bad people have guns. But, we’re going to do nothing to hurt the Second Amendment. And what we want to do is see if we can come up with a compromise, and that’s what we’re working on.”

One attempted “compromise” may have been the expanded background check measure that met a chilly reception on Capitol Hill Wednesday, and one reason it wasn’t received …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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