President Donald Trump says he'd have run into the Florida school shooting to help students
He added the only way to stop school shootings is "retribution".
Hundreds of Floridians, including Stoneman Douglas students, converged on the state Capitol Monday in an event called Rally in Tally calling for stronger gun laws.
Trump has vowed to press ahead with gun law reform in the wake of the Parkland tragedy, but the White House has yet to announce support for specific legislation in Congress, where enacting federal gun restrictions faces major obstacles.
He called out his own party for being "petrified" of the NRA and voiced support for expanded background checks, more secure schools, curbs on the ability of the mentally ill to buy firearms and raising to 21 the age for buying certain guns. "There's nothing to be afraid of". And you don't know what it is - those words are, you know, those words are hard to train for. If they're not with you, we have to fight them every once in a while.
After listening to Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT), Trump looked at toward the end of the table and asked Sens. I think it's just hard. "I think the point he was making was that he would have wanted to play a role in that as well".
"We will continue to support legislative efforts to make our schools and communities safe and oppose gun control schemes that can not keep us safe and only punish law-abiding Americans", Jennifer Baker, spokeswoman for the NRA, told BuzzFeed News in a statement.
Trump has repeatedly referenced violence in movies and video games during conversations about guns and school safety since the Florida shooting.
"I think the mindset changed right now", Manchin said Wednesday on "CBS This Morning".
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, flanked by Sen. The Senate is exploring passing the background check proposal as a stand-alone measure as soon as this week, but Ryan would not say Tuesday whether he would bring that bill or a ban on bump stocks - devices that allow a semiautomatic rifle to mimic the rapid fire of an automatic weapon - up for a vote.
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., are reviving their background check bill, which would expand reviews to include purchases online and at gun shows. Manchin said opponents at the time anxious then-President Barack Obama would impose even stricter restrictions. "Well they're not having that fear right now with President Trump", he said.
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At one point, Trump urged taking guns away from anyone who could be considered unsafe, even before they have to he opportunity to defend themselves in court.
Indeed, GOP leaders have already said that a higher-age for rifle purchases can not pass - much less an assault weapons ban.
But House Republican leaders believe it's up to the Senate to take the next steps, according to a top House GOP aide, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss legislative strategy. Republicans are leaning toward modest legislation created to improve the background check system. Democrats also want to allow family members or law enforcement to apply for protective orders to take guns away from people who show "credible signs" of harming themselves or others. There is broad bipartisan support for the measures.
"We shouldn't be banning guns for law-abiding citizens", Ryan told reporters.
Both provisions appear to be non-starters with Senate Democrats, and Senate Republicans appear open to stripping the concealed carry portion and passing a clean Fix NICS bill.
At the White House, the discussion was billed as a session focused on "school and community safety", and one of those attending, Sen.
Something must be done: Donald Trump has called on U.S. lawmakers to "go big" on legislation to prevent more school shootings.
The suspected shooter in the Parkland massacre did not use a bump stock.
What should have been discussed at length in that meeting, Baker said, was the need to address our broken mental health system, strengthen background checks, secure our schools and assure that the risky mentally ill do not get access to firearms.
Eric Trump has endorsed plans by his father, President Donald Trump, to raise the age limit for purchasing assault weapons to 21.
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