President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he is
willing to talk about gun control. Willingness to talk about and possibly
consider new gun control measures is unusual for a Republican president.
On his way to Puerto Rico, President Trump was asked about
the Las Vegas shootings and the possibility of new gun laws. “What happened in
Las Vegas is in many ways a miracle,” Trump said in Politico.
“The police department has done such an incredible job, and we'll be talking
about gun laws as time goes by.”
Reporters also asked the president about a Republican bill
that would loosen restrictions on the purchase of silencers. Trump answered, “We’ll
talk about that later.”
Separately, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) indicated that the
silencer bill was delayed indefinitely in the wake of the shootings. The bill
is "not scheduled right now. I don't know when it will be scheduled,"
Ryan said in the Chicago
Tribune.
President Trump did not give any indication of what talks on
gun control might entail or when they might take place. Often, Democratic
politicians call for a “national
conversation on gun control” in the wake of mass killings.
Prior to becoming a presidential candidate, Donald Trump supported
“limited
restrictions” on guns and was critical of the NRA. In 2016, the NRA
endorsed Trump for president.
Former Trump strategist, Steven Bannon had earlier told Axios
that a shift on gun control was unlikely for Trump. “Impossible: will be the
end of everything,” Bannon said via text.
Originally published
on The Resurgent
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