President Trump said Tuesday that stricter gun laws would have equated to more deaths in Texas this past weekend, and that ‘extreme vetting’ for purchasing firearms is ‘not going to help’.
Trump, currently on a tour of Asia, answered questions from reporters in Seoul Tuesday on gun control in the US, following the church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Sunday.
“The city with the strongest gun laws in our nation is Chicago and Chicago is a disaster, it’s a total disaster,” Trump said.
“Just remember if this man [who fired at the killer] didn’t have a gun or rifle, you’d be talking about a much worse situation in the great state of Texas.” the President added.