Trump's comments mark an increased focus from the President on mental health measures over gun control legislation to address gun violence, as lawmakers remain skeptical gun control legislation could pass a divided Congress.
Washington President Donald Trump on Sunday emphasized a need for the country to focus on"a very big mental health problem" in the wake of two mass shootings in one weekend that left 32 people dead earlier this month as he appeared to defend current US gun control measures, stating"we do have a lot of background checks right now."
"It's the people that pull the trigger, not the gun that pulls the trigger so we have a very, very big mental health problem and Congress is working on various things and I will be looking at it," Trump told reporters on the tarmac before heading back to Washington after a vacation at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
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