Days after a pair of deadly mass shootings in Texas and
Ohio, President Trump said he was prepared to endorse what he described as
“very meaningful background checks” that would be possible because of his
“greater influence now over the Senate and over the House.”
But after discussions with gun rights advocates during his
two-week working vacation in Bedminster, N.J. — including talks with Wayne
LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association — Mr. Trump’s
resolve appears to have substantially softened, and he has reverted to
reiterating the conservative positions on the gun issue he has espoused since
the 2016 campaign, reports the New York Times.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday as he departed from New
Jersey and returned to Washington, Mr. Trump said he was “very, very concerned
with the Second Amendment, more so than most presidents would be,” and added
that “people don’t realize we have very strong background checks right now.”
He also echoed the standard response to mass shootings
delivered by the N.R.A., which since 1966 has pushed the government to focus on
the mental problems of the gunmen rather than how they were able to obtain
their guns. “I don’t want people to forget that this is a mental health
problem,” Mr. Trump said. “I don’t want them to forget that, because it is.
It’s a mental health problem.”
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