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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[–] 19052890? ago
Are you catching on now?
Did you realize what is actually going on?
The mods DON'T CARE.
THEY WILL DO ONLY THE BARE MINIMUM TO KEEP IDIOTS POSTING AND LURKING.
Endless debates about the same topics actually PROMOTE more board activity, which means more CIA bucks for Jim Watkins!
THIS IS WHY WE NEED AN EXODUS!
[–] 19052891? ago
Ok you first!
[–] 19052893? ago
Exodus threads?
Already been posted countless times.
Almost nobody leaves.
Really makes me think people ITT not saging are feds or bots.