Trump: Inappropriate to Ask About Gun Control While I’m in South Korea, but Gun Control Would Have Left ‘Hundreds More Dead’
‘It’s OK if You Feel That’s an Appropriate Question, Even Though We’re in the Heart of South Korea’
President Donald Trump has gone full NRA. He is now advocating for more – not less – Americans to take up and carry guns.Â
At a joint press conference earlier Tuesday morning in South Korea, the U.S. President was asked about his call for “extreme vetting” in the immediate wake of the lower Manhattan terror attack that left eight people dead and 11 injured. Trump was asked if he now would call for “extreme vetting” of people wishing to buy guns, as HuffPost reported.
For some inexplicable reason, Trump chastised the reporter, NBC’s Ali Vitali, for asking him the question while he is in South Korea.
“Well, you’re bringing up a question that probably shouldn’t be discussed too much now, we could let a little time go by, but it’s OK if you feel that’s an appropriate question, even though we’re in the heart of South Korea,” Trump said.
Trump on civilian who intervened in Texas shooting: “If he didn’t have a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more.†pic.twitter.com/K67H8HpF9J
— CNN (@CNN) November 7, 2017
“If you did what you’re suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago,” Trump said, referring to Sunday’s massacre of 26 worshippers, mostly children, inside a Texas church, “and you might not have had that very brave person who happened to have a gun or a rifle in his truck go out and shoot him and hit him and neutralize him. I can only say this: If he didn’t have a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead.”
Police believe the suspected church shooter died of self-inflicted wounds.
Stephen Willeford, the man who chased and shot at the church shooter, is a former NRA instructor, so it’s doubtful more “extreme vetting” would have stopped him from having a gun.
But the Air Force Monday evening admitted it neglected to submit to the FBI national database the criminal history of the Texas shooter, allowing him to buy guns. According to federal law, he should have been barred from doing so, but he passed the background check because of a breakdown in the system.
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