President Donald Trump said he’ll "seriously look" at banning gun silencers after last week’s mass shooting in Virginia.
“Well, I’d like to think about it," Trump said in an interview with Piers Morgan on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. “I’m going to seriously look at it."
While Trump said he didn’t "love" the idea of a ban, he also was unhappy to see the frequency and severity of mass shootings in the U.S.
Trump’s comments represent a potential crack in Republican opposition to stronger gun control measures.
They follow a shooting last week at a municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in which a gunman killed 12 people. Police recovered a high-capacity magazine and a silencer mechanism from the scene.
Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, said Tuesday he will summon lawmakers back to the state Capitol to consider a package of gun-control legislation. Republicans control the state’s legislature. Northam’s proposals include a ban on silencers and high-capacity magazines.
The Trump administration earlier this year banned bump stocks, devices that let a semi-automatic weapon fire like a machine gun.
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[–] 19033448? ago
first one through the door dies, champ. No ones turning in shit.
[–] 19033459? ago
Except they already have. And you did nothing. And guns were banned. And you did nothing. And carrying guns was banned. And you did nothing. Fuck your (((libertarian))) ethos.
>>13359928
Best you can do, huh?
>>13360076
Holy shit, you’re retarded.
[–] 19051677? ago
Name a state that had more restrictive gun control laws passed and saw anything aside from almost complete non-compliance.
[–] 19033467? ago
guns aren't banned. carrying guns is not banned. Kill yourself kike.
[–] 19033465? ago
So literally nothing happened in NZ to lead to semi-automatics being banned?