Posted on 02/19/2018 7:00:18 AM PST by Simon Green
The White House signaled that President Trump would be open to bolstering gun background checks in the wake of a mass shooting at a Florida high school last week that rekindled the national debate about gun control.
The president spoke on Friday to Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn about a bill the Texas Republican introduced with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) that would “improve federal compliance with criminal background check legislation,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement on Monday.
“While discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system,” she said.
Cornyn and Murphy were among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who supported the background check bill introduced in November after a church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, that left 26 people dead.
It’s the first indication that Trump would back a measure to bolster background checks.
In the days after 17 people were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Fla., last Wednesday, Trump blamed mental illness and called on “neighbors and classmates” to report erratic behavior.
The White House also said Trump will host a “listening session” this Wednesday with high school students and teachers, but didn’t confirm that Parkland teens will be part of the discussion.
A group of students who survived the rampage also announced that they will hold a “March for Our Lives” rally in Washington, D.C., on March 24 to highlight the need for gun control.
Trump spent the three-day Presidents Day weekend at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, which is about 40 miles north of the school shooting site, and surveyed members about gun control laws, The Washington Post reported.
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Have you ever purchased a firearm in the US? The media doesn't portray the process accurately.
Very helpful! Thanks for the trouble you went to post this. I really am green when it comes to any gun purchasing, but understand that an armed citizenry is the only thing that keeps a tyrannical regime at bay. North Korea would not be North Korea with an armed population.
Well, I have no idea what Trump means by the term, but when the tyrants use it (ref the imaginary "gun show loophole"), what they mean is background checks for any transfer, whether FFL or say to your own child. And there's nothing to stop them from using it as an illegal gun ownership registry. THEN, throw in the fact that they could make the background checks anonymous and don't, then you see that background checks aren't the real objective. Besides, when does a liberal EVER want something for the reason he says he wants it? (Talking Dens here and not necessarily Trump)
Short answer, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Unless it's physically impossible for them to use a new power to enable tyranny, that's what is for, no matter what they say.
Actually, what they mean by "tougher" background checks is they want them on private purchases as well.
That is an awesome chart! Consider it stolen
Laz will be so pleased...
They replaced the “school to prison pipeline” with a “school to cemetery pipeline”.
Good job liberals, as always.
One might say it was a “feel good” job, liberals...
Assault rifles are already heavily restricted.
You must live in an unfree state. An AR-15 (what I assume you are referring to) is CASH AND CARRY here in Alabama after filling out the 4473 form. And the form is an infringement.
I believe the original poster was commenting about actual assault rifles. An AR-15 is not one.
Fixed that for ya. Since nothing ever disappears from the internet, you know they'd go there.
Thanks for the chart Laz. Gonna have fun on fakebook with it.
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