Trump promises to strengthen background checks on gun buyers

          Source: Xinhua| 2018-02-22 10:12:36|Editor: pengying
          Video PlayerClose

          U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-TRUMP-LISTENING SESSION

          U.S. President Donald Trump(2rd, L) speaks during a listening session on school safety at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States on Feb 21, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump promised strong background checks and mental health screenings for gun buyers as he heard pleas from survivors of the recent Florida school shooting and families affected at the White House on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ting Shen)

          WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump promised strong background checks and mental health screenings for gun buyers as he heard pleas from survivors of the recent Florida school shooting and families affected at the White House on Wednesday.

          "We're going to be very strong on background checks ... very strong emphasis on the mental health," Trump told students and family members affected by last week's high school massacre in Florida and other mass shootings in the past.

          The president suggested that some educators could be trained in the use of firearms to deter potential shooters.

          "You can't have 100 security guards in Stoneman Douglas," he said, referring to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida where 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz killed 14 students and three teachers with an AR-15- style assault rifle last week.

          "It would be teachers and coaches," Trump said, suggesting that arming 20 percent of the teaching force could be a solution. He also said that if the school's assistant football coach Aaron Feis, who shielded students from being shot but died of gunshots himself, had a firearm in his locker, he could have shot Cruz.

          However, Trump conceded that concealed carry -- carrying a concealed firearm in public -- "only works" with people who are "very adept at using firearms."

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next  

          KEY WORDS: gun control
          EXPLORE XINHUANET
          010020070750000000000000011100001369907261
          无码人妻一区二区三区四区av_亚洲精品911在线永久观看_精品一区二区国产在线观看_日韩不卡一区二区视频在线

                  亚洲人成网站在线观看播放 | 色婷婷综合久久久久中文一区二区 | 亚洲欧美精品综合在线观看 | 在线人成视频午夜福利 | 色综久久综合桃花网 | 色婷婷综合久久久久中文一区二区 |