Trump Silences Gun Control Talk After FSU Shooting: ‘The Gun Doesn’t Do the Shooting; The People Do’
President Donald Trump said Thursday’s mass shooting at Florida State University was “terrible,” but he won’t infringe on Americans’ Second-Amendment right to self-defense amid left-wing calls for more “gun control.”
Two people died and six others were injured on Thursday when the suspected gunman opened fire on the FSU campus, NBC News reported.
Neither of the two decedents were students. The 20-year-old suspect, who was among the injured, is now in police custody.
During an Oval Office press scrum Thursday, Trump was asked if he planned to change gun laws in reaction to the FSU shooting. He said absolutely not.
“Look, I’m a big advocate of the Second Amendment. I have been from the beginning. I’ve protected it,” Trump said.
“These things are terrible. But the gun doesn’t do the shooting; the people do,” he pointed out.
“I have an obligation to protect …