Trump Endorses Background Checks, Rules Out Assault-Weapons Ban
- DeWine proposed expanded background checks, ‘red flag’ law
- NRA persuaded Trump to retreat from gun restrictions in 2018
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President Donald Trump endorsed an expansion of background checks for U.S. gun buyers following the massacres in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, but said there’s “no political appetite” to renew a ban on military-style rifles.
“I’m looking to do background checks,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House on Wednesday to visit the two violence-stricken cities. “I think background checks are important.”