'I can tell you, there's tremendous goodwill for meaningful—I'm talking about meaningful, add that word—meaningful background checks so that sick and demented people don't carry around guns,'
President Donald Trump on Friday continued to declare his support for new legislation that would strengthen federal background checks for buying firearms as Congress searches for bipartisan measures that could pass both chambers in the wake of two deadly mass shootings.
"We spoke to the president separately this afternoon and told him the best way forward to address gun violence in our country is for Leader McConnell to let the Senate take up and pass the House-passed universal background checks legislation and for the President to sign it into law," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said in a joint statement Thursday evening.
President Donald Trump speaks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House before departing in Washington, DC on August 9."They supported me very early. We'll see where the NRA will be. I've spoken to them numerous times. They're great patriots. They love our country so much. I think in the end, [NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre] and the NRA will either be there or will maybe be more neutral.
Congress is not slated to return until the second week of September, but Pelosi sent a letter to Trump on Thursday requesting he use his executive powers to force the Senate to return and address House-passed legislation from February that would require background checks for all gun sales and most gun transfers, including private transactions.
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