Trump on Florida massacre 'I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon'
He said he's willing to make tweaks to the bill to get it more votes. "You know why? Because you're afraid of the NRA right", said Trump.
He called for tighter restrictions on gun sales to young adults and for background checks to be expanded for all weapons purchases, including at gun shows and online.
After Parkland, lawmakers and the president have discussed possibly raising the age for semi-automatic rifle sales to 21.
Yesterday, Democratic congressman Mike Thompson announced he had the backing of 200 House members, including 11 Republicans, for a law that would both fix the national database problem and the gun show/internet loopholes.
Students returned to class at the high school, Wednesday, following the February 14 mass shooting that killed several students and teachers.
"To deny them their Second Amendment right is not going to make anyone safer", said Toomey, referring to the constitutional rights for Americans to own guns. The deal was struck - and rejected by the White House. He says these "horrible mass shootings are nothing new", pointing to past shootings such as Columbine, Fort Hood and Sandy Hook.
A man who confronted a suspect in a shooting at a Texas church is also on the participant list released by the White House.
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday showed little interest in stricter gun control proposals being floated in Congress, leaving the issue in the hands of wary Senate leaders and President Donald Trump, whose shifting views have left no clear strategy for legislative action. "The U.S. Background Check Bill, or whatever", Trump said. Trump also said he was open to adding domestic violence data into the database. She says she can't recall that level of support before.
Here are the proposals in play for Trump, who faces pressure to act from student activists pushing for tougher gun laws, as well as opposition from gun owners, the politically powerful National Rifle Association, and Republicans anxious about how the issue will shape congressional elections in November.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders later said President Trump was touting his willingness to be a leader.
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In fact, Toomey is one of the most high-profile Republicans on gun legislation, and the bill was opposed by the NRA.
He suggested expanding background checks for gun buyers and raising the legal age to buy rifles to 21 from 18.
In remarks nearly unthinkable for a modern Republican president, he told senators at the White House to discuss general school safety: "Take the firearms first and then go to court".
Trump is tweeting that "Background Checks a big part of conversation".
US President Donald Trump claimed that he would have run into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida to stop the gunman that killed 17 people earlier this month, even without a weapon.
Signaling more than one sheriff's deputy was at fault, President Trump said the Broward County Sheriff's deputies who remained outside the school as the shooting unfolded "weren't exactly Medal of Honor winners" and said "the way they performed was frankly disgusting". Here's six of the most insane moments from Wednesday's meeting.
Trump raised eyebrows by suggesting that law enforcement officials should be able to confiscate people's firearms without a court order to prevent potential tragedies.
The Florida Democratic Party slammed the vote as "a shame that Governor [Rick] Scott and Tallahassee Republicans continue to do the bidding of the gun lobby, instead of listening to the chorus of voices asking for common sense gun legislation".
After Wednesday's bipartisan meeting, Senators Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin spoke outside the White House.
Costello, who faces a stiff re-election challenge in a district that has been redrawn to favor Democrats, also supports the Fix NICS bill and a measure to raise age limits on purchases of certain assault weapons.
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