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Good Sign: Trump is Reversing Course on Universal Background Checks

The Washington Post reports that President Trump has pulled universal background checks off the table after chatting with National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre.

However, Trump told LaPierre that the White House is still interested in measures that get rid of weapons from mentally ill people, and even indicated his support for some red flag gun confiscation measures.

Such news has disappointed anti-gun activists.

Senator Chris Murphy stated, “I know the gun lobby is putting the full-court press on everyone surrounding the president.” Murphy was hopeful that a bipartisan consensus on background checks would emerge.

He added, “I have not received any different signal than I got last week.”

For Murphy, Trump has routinely disappointed on the […]

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