Trump to LaPierre: Universal background checks off the table

[redheadbaker]

Who's surprised? Anybody? Bueller?

thehill.com/homenews/administration/458169-trump-called-nra-chief-to-tell-him-universal-background-checks-are

President Trump called National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre on Tuesday to tell him that universal background checks for gun purchases are off the table, The Atlantic reported.

The decision to oppose an initiative that has strong support in public polling signals an apparent backtracking by the president from initial comments he made following two mass shootings earlier this month in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left 31 dead.

Trump at the time indicated support for legislation on “meaningful background checks,” saying the issue was not a question of the NRA or political partisanship.

“On background checks, we have tremendous support for really common-sense, sensible, important background checks,” Trump told reporters on Aug. 9 following the shootings.

However, Trump reportedly no longer supports the initiative.

[calamity]

Gotta let his white nationalists get all their guns so they can 'revolt' when he loses...

[mbcdefg]

Meanwhile another shooting at a college - luckily no deaths: apnews.com/247e7b9a91a54d568fd3e27d133bca9d?utm_medium=APSouthRegion&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter

[SwimDeep]