Gun Control
Trump talked about measures like the age for buying a gun. He said the age should move from 18 to 21.
Trump asked that many of the policies be looked at, and talked about better security for schools. He also talked about doing background checks on persons seeking to buy a gun.
“You saw the President clearly saying not once, not twice, not three times, but like 10 times, that he wanted to see a strong universal background check bill,” said Senator Amy Klobuchar. “He didn’t mince words about it. So I do not understand how then he could back away from that.”
“You’ve got to have defense, too,” the President told the lawmakers. “You can’t just be sitting ducks. And that’s exactly what we’ve allowed people in these buildings and schools to be.”
Trump had thrown the idea out about arming teachers when he spoke to students and parents days after the shooting. However he also thought the idea might be controversial.
Trump commented on the background check idea asking that more be done to improve that system.
“It would be nice to add everything on to it,” Mr. Trump said. “Maybe change the title. Maybe we could make it much more comprehensive and have one bill.”
