President Donald Trump pressed Congress to pass "meaningful legislation" to prevent shootings but offered few details to clarify his recent reversals on the issue.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed lawmakers on Capitol Hill to pass “meaningful legislation” to prevent mass shootings after a week in which he has sent mixed signals on his support for tougher regulations on gun sales.
Trump’s tweets offered no specifics about what kind of legislation he hopes Congress pursues when lawmakers return from their summer recess next month. The tweets follow a dizzying series of statements in which the president has professed his support for tougher background checks and then appeared to back off that position.
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