At one point, Republicans seemed anxious about the direction that the discussion was heading, as they tried to steer the conversation back to a plan that has strong GOP support, which would allow people with concealed carry permits to have them be allowed in other states.
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“We’ll be talking about Parkland and the disgusting event that took place last week”, Trump said. “I’m writing it out myself”.
White House officials have been all over the map on raising the age limit to buy semi-automatic weapons, a policy proposal that Trump suggested shortly after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, killed 17 people.
But one of the main proposals pushed by Trump, arming some school teachers, is in line with an NRA proposal.
Trump doubled down on his proposal to arm qualified teachers, reiterating his claim that gun-free zones are a magnet for school shooters.
Toomey is also supporting a measure banning gun sales to anyone on the no-fly list, and one that would let the state crack down on people who lie about their criminal history on gun-purchase background checks. They lashed out at lawmakers for accepting campaign contributions from the American gun rights lobby.
“We need to listen that educators should educate and they should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat in first-grade classes”, Inslee told Trump.
Trump also said he would have rushed into Stoneman Douglas if he was there during the shooting and criticized the officer who stood outside. The suspect in the Parkland school shooting, Nikolas Cruz, 19, legally bought an AR-15 about a year ago.
In the simplest terms, the bill wouldn’t strengthen background checks but instead hold federal agencies accountable if they fail to upload records to the background check system.
The NRA roundly criticized Trump’s about-face.
The president has previously backed ideas popular with Democrats, only to back away when faced with opposition from his conservative base and his Republican allies in Congress. Weighing the possibility of accepting the proposal which was floated by the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), the United States president also called for an improved check on the background of people buying guns in the country. Don’t worry about the NRA. This would open the door to vote on a series of gun control measures on the floor of the Senate, including potentially an assault rifle ban. Those remarks echoed his statements on Monday when he urged governors “not to be afraid of the NRA”, and said, “We have to fight them every once in a while”, according to Reuters.
“Well, he’s finally doing something Obama never did – he’s coming for your guns, and that’s groundbreaking”, Colbert said during his monologue. “The coach and other adults, and even a lot of the students stepped up and helped protect other students”.
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Pearson resigned last week after being suspended without pay.
