Trump touts his gun policy - but says he'll 'watch court cases' before deciding on raising age...

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory




Trump touts his gun policy — but says he’ll ‘watch court cases’ before deciding on raising age for assault weapons

SARAH K. BURRIS
12 MAR 2018 AT 09:26 ET

In a Monday morning tweet, President Donald Trump touted his new plan to stop school shootings.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

What he left out, however, is that he once declared that they would raise the age a person can purchase an assault weapon to 21-years-old. The National Rifle Association doesn’t support that policy, and after a dinner at the White House, Trump stopped saying that he would push the policy.

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[LonePirate]

1. Sounds like someone is scared of the NRA.

[djacq]

7. Its called being owned

$30+ Million Dollars spent by the NRA to put the Orange Clown in the Oval Office.

[riversedge]

8. That money could have fed a lot of poor souls.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. The NRA is suing Florida. That is what he is waiting on.

They don't want any restrictions on gun purchases.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. In other words, Trumpy is owned by the NRA and will do NOTHING to oppose them.

Lord Shart's pattern is to bluster for his base, and then do nothing. His base falls for it-- every time. Big talk, no action. Ex-CIA chief Brennan was right and will continue to be right: Trumpy's a charlatan who's all show and no substance.

[riversedge]

4. AP Top News ---Trump doesnt set age for guns, defers on arming teachers

Trump is a coward and afraid to take a stand against the #NRABloodmoney cult!




By JILL COLVIN and CATHERINE LUCEY
20 minutes ago
https://apnews.com/10fec7540e3d44a9aa045b2dad813b97

AP Top News
Trump doesn’t set age for guns, defers on arming teachers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he is “watching court cases and rulings” before taking action on raising age limits for purchasing some firearms, arguing that there is “not much political support (to put it mildly).”

Trump’s tweet came after his White House put out a plan to combat school shootings that doesn’t increase the minimum age for purchasing assault weapons to 21 — an idea Trump publicly favored just last month — and leaves the question of arming teachers to states and local communities.

Instead, a new federal commission on school safety will examine the age issue as part of a package the White House announced Sunday in response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last month that left 17 dead.

Trump described the effort as a “very strong improvement” and said, “Armed guards OK, deterrent!” On age limits, he said: “watching court cases and rulings before acting. States are making this decision. Things are moving rapidly on this, but not much political support (to put it mildly).”

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who on Sunday called the proposal “meaningful actions, steps that can be taken right away to help protect students,” said Monday that the plan was “the first step in a more lengthy process.”

No deadline was set for the commission’s recommendations, but officials expected them within a year....................................


https://apnews.com/10fec7540e3d44a9aa045b2dad813b97/Trump-doesn't-set-age-for-guns,-defers-on-arming-teachers

[dalton99a]

5. An old Trump legal tactic: Justice delayed is justice denied

[Igel]

6. Yes, he once said that.

More than once, actually.

But at the same time, how many Trump policies or preferred legislative actions have been met with gleeful court challenges and injunctions?

Florida has the law. Court cases have been filed. I'll wait to see if the law's enjoined. Seems rather silly to pass a law that immediately will have legal action filed against it and receive the same treatment, embroiling the government in yet another civil rights lawsuit. Easier and cheaper to file an amicus brief than to relitigate the same thing in parallel.