Donald Trump: Police Should Have Taken Guns From Florida Shooter ‘Whether They Had The Right Or Not’

Huffpost ^ | 2/28/18 | Paige Lavender

[DoodleDawg]

President Donald Trump criticized police for not doing more to prevent a mass shooting at a Florida high school, arguing they should have taken the shooter’s guns away “whether they had the right or not.”

During a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers on gun control Thursday, Trump suggested guns should be taken away “immediately from people that you can judge easily are mentally ill,” alluding to the Florida shooter, who had undergone a psychiatric evaluation in 2016 but was ultimately not hospitalized.

“The police saw that he was a problem, they didn’t take any guns away,” Trump said. “Now that could have been policing, but they should have taken them away anyway, whether they had the right or not.”

He doubled down on the claim later in the meeting after Vice President Mike Pence spoke about due process and giving local law enforcement more leeway to obtain a court order to collect firearms from potentially dangerous people.

“Mike, take the firearms first and then go to court, because that’s another system,” Trump said. “A lot of times, by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court, to get the due process procedures. I like taking the guns early.”

[DoodleDawg]

I know that Trump is just frustrated and venting and that nothing will come of this, but someone really needs to explain just how wrong this line of thinking is.

[dragnet2]

Tell that to the 17 dead kids.

[Skywise]

The police didn’t see he was a problem.

They INTENTIONALLY did not arrest him because of Obama’s actions to prevent yours from getting crime records.

[P-Marlowe]

That should scare the bejeezuz out of a lot of libs. If liberals think DJT is coming for their guns, maybe they’ll join the NRA.

DJT should now tweet that Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[BenLurkin]

Hopefully he was mis-quoted.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Read up on due process. There is no law authorizing the police to take the guns away form someone who isn’t threatening anyone.

[dragnet2]

lol...

[the OlLine Rebel]

He is a loose cannon. Ha ha.

If he’d stop tweeting, half of this “loose cannon” perception would go away.

[1Old Pro]

If he’d stop tweeting, half of this “loose cannon” perception would go away.

I'll make a prediction, he will never stop tweeting unless a better system is created.

[JudgemAll]

Trump fails to perceive that school is a privilege and not a right

The cops had the obligation and not just a right to protect a government school facility

However Obama specifically deaigned diversity and Obamacare to attract illegals and terrorists

Hence the word terrorist is now illegal to use in swamp circles

[Lurkinanloomin]

If the Sheriff’s office had done their job, he wouldn’t have had guns. He would have had a record.

Trump is way off base here.
Let’s hope his sons set him straight.

[mooncoin]

Did you see Feinstein's face?

[SoFloFreeper]

ha ha ha ha ha Trump OWNS the left tards! Now they have to defend the rights of gun owners' due process!

He won't sign a bill that takes away due process. He is luring the left into a trap. And reading some of the comments on the leftist web sites, it seems to be working. :)

[Fightin Whitey]

Tell that to the 17 dead kids.

Eff off using that as an argument.

Go spread your gospel to the millions dead at the hands of gun grabbers like yourself, and the armed tyrants they become.

[dragnet2]

That's right, the police who'd been to his home dozens of times are not at fault, the kids and neighbors who knew he was timebomb are not at fault, the FBI who'd been warned multiple times are not at fault, Sheriff Israel is not at fault, the cops who responded to the school and stood around, are not at fault.

Common sense be damned. No one can do anything, no one is at fault because everyone must obey the law to the letter and follow due process. There is no room for common sense.☺ ☺

[DoughtyOne]

Except in this case, he had been...

[Vendome]

Uh....Nope....

[Antoninus]

He’s right that the criminal justice system is broken, I’ll give him that.

[BenLurkin]

In California, Cruz would have been 5150’d

[gasport]

POTUS is a very clever fellow.