Donald Trump says guns aren’t the problem. So what does the US have these other countries don’t?
Asked about the Texas church shooting in which at least 26 people were killed, Donald Trump had this to say.
Asked whether gun control is "the answer" after Texas shooting, Pres. Trump says, "This is a mental health problem at the highest level." pic.twitter.com/6KBIkWvTni
— ABC News (@ABC) November 6, 2017
“This is a mental health problem at the highest level. It’s a very sad event.
“This isn’t a guns situation. I mean we could go into it but it’s a little bit soon … Fortunately someone else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction.”
Not a guns situation. And yet…
USA! NUMBER ONE! pic.twitter.com/6OXITaZ0sk
— John Niven (@NivenJ1) November 6, 2017
Number 1, it should be said, among a selection of so-called ‘first world countries’. But still. Right?
Here’s a few other things people were saying today, starting with this from @Channel4News.
1.
In February Donald Trump revoked gun checks on people with mental illnesses. Today he blamed a mass shooting on mental health issues. pic.twitter.com/HTXXJIHnaH
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) November 6, 2017
2.
– Charged with assaulting his wife and child
– Charged with cruelty to animals
– Court-martialed and sentenced to a year in military prison
– Released from military with bad conduct discharge
– Passed gun background check
– Killed 26 people in a church pic.twitter.com/kw9RpNpejs— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) November 6, 2017
3.
Aurora: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Umpqua CC: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) November 6, 2017
4.
This is the same Donald Trump who repealed a rule making it more difficult for the mentally ill to buy guns.
What a piece of shit. https://t.co/3gJLEMMVev
— Graham Lithgow (@grahamlithgow) November 6, 2017
5.
That actually just happened. Pres Trump: “This is not a guns situation…it’s a little too soon to go into it” pic.twitter.com/UjndQAHXlq
— Aleem Maqbool (@AleemMaqbool) November 6, 2017
6.
This is probably a silly idea but should we make it harder for people to get AR-15s? https://t.co/ASuvLovbAg
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) November 6, 2017
And here is what Trump had to say.
Trump says Texas church shooting “isn’t a guns situation” but instead “a mental health problem at the highest level” https://t.co/Wpl4uiufGg pic.twitter.com/qAtt8ullGB
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 6, 2017
