“We’re talking to a lot of people and a lot of things are in the works,” Trump said Sunday when asked by a reporter what he was going to do the country's “gun problem.” “We have done much more than most administrations… but perhaps more has to be done. If you look at both of these cases, this is
President Trump declared the two shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left at least 29 people dead within 24 hours a “mental illness problem.”
The first shooting occurred Saturday morning, when a gunman identified as Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old from Allen, Texas, opened fire at a packed Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso with an assault rifle, killing 20 people and wounding dozens. Officials on Sunday declared the attack an act of “domestic terrorism.
Other Republican officials, including Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blamed the attacks on violent video games or the lack of prayers in school, while Democrats condemned the El Paso attack as white nationalist terrorism linked to Trump's rhetoric. While Governor Greg Abbott, R-Texas, turned his focus to “mental health” issues after the shooting in El Paso, former Republican Governor of Ohio John Kasich called for “reasonable gun control legislation” to reduce gun violence after the shooting in Dayton.
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