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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[–] 19052396? ago
Well was that your goal or not? If so then how is Trump any different?
[–] 19052402? ago
My main goal was to not have Hillary as President, Trump became a plus when he started talking about things that were agreeable and made him a clear option on top of an already clear option. I don't have to see that hag every day as the President, the positives Trump has brought is a bonus. In my eyes there's no way 2016 was a failure considering the reality of it either being Trump or Hillary.
<durr there's literally no positives fuck you fuck drumpf fucking kike
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[–] 19052405? ago
Like "I want people to come into the country in the largest numbers ever" or "Take away the guns first, worry about due process later"?