Trump downplays background checks push after Odessa mass shooting
Source: NBC News
President Donald Trump on Sunday said that a mass shooting that took place a day earlier in Texas "really hasn't changed anything" about how lawmakers are approaching gun control legislation.
"We are in the process of dealing with Democrats and Republicans, and there’s a big package of things that’s going to be put before them by a lot of different people I’ve been speaking to a lot of senators, a lot of house members, Republicans, Democrats — this really hasn’t changed anything, we’re doing a package and we’ll see how it comes about," Trump said outside of Marine One. "That’s irrespective of what happened yesterday in Texas."
"Over the last five, six, or seven years, no matter how strong you need the background checks, it wouldn’t have stopped any of it," he claimed.
Authorities on Sunday were still piecing together information about Saturday's attack around Odessa, Texas, where a gunman opened fire at random following a traffic stop, killing at least seven people and injuring over a dozen others. Police have not publicly confirmed the suspect's identity or the weapons he used.
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