El paso, texas outside another American Crime scene, another sight of a massacre by guns. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Any minute now, we will hear from President Trump. This as the nation mourns 29 People Killed in two states just 13 hours apart. What will the president say . What will he do . What will he push for . What will he deliver . So far he has floated the idea of tying universal Background Checks to something hes desired for a long time, Immigration Reform, which normally means money as well for a wall on the border. He also took a moment to blame the media for the attacks and the violence. Left unsaid anything about White Supremacy. In fact, since these shootings, particularly the one here in el paso where the shooter referenced white supremacist views, the president has not used those words. Look at the comments of his fbi director, Christopher Wray emphasizing the danger in this country right now. The country is mourning the lives of so m
here s the president from earlier this week. we have to make sure that those that pose a great risk to public safety don t have access to firearms. if they do, the firearms can be taken through rapid due process. that s why i have called for red flag laws also known as extreme risk protection orders. mark, the studies on the red flag laws are all over the place. they have a zero impact on the outcome, on firearm homicides. they re relatively new. they just started to be passed. we know what the immediate effect is, in the 17 states that have these laws, they ve been used hundreds of times to prevent people from buying guns with mental illness or other problems. the el paso shooter might have been one of them if texas had one of these laws.
the laws are not working to make people safer, what they do do is allow police to take guns from people without due process and in some cases that s resulted in death like gary willis, an african american gentleman in maryland, where an angry relative wanted to get revenge against him after an argument. he was completely innocent. police came to the home when he answered the door with a gun in his hand because it was 5:17 a.m. he ended up being shot to death. these are very dangerous laws and no republican or senate democrat before i run out of time mark, quickly. here s the common sense answer. people in every country in the world play violent video games. people watch violent movies. people in every country have the same incidence of mental illnese in the united states. it s only in the united stateses that we have these mass shootings this frequently that s not true. tell that to the guy that went to four places in orange
the past year. the laws are not working to make people safer what they do do is allow police to take guns from people without due process and in some cases that s resulted in death like gary willis, an african american gentleman in maryland where an angry relative wanted to get revenge against him after an argument. he was completely innocent. police came to the home when he answered the door with a gun in his hand because it was 5:17 a.m. he ended up being shot to death. these are very dangerous laws and no republican or senate, democrat before i run out of time, mark, quickly. here s the common sense answer. people in every country in the world play violent video games. people watch violent movies. people in every country have the same incidence of mental illness in the united states. it s only in the united states that we have these mass shootings this frequently that s not true. tell that to the guy that went to four places in orange
we have to make sure thathe those that pose a great risk to public safety don t have access to firearms. if they do, the firearms can be taken through rapid due process. that s why i have called for red flag laws, also known as extreme risk protection orders. mark, the studies on the red flag laws are all over the place. they have a zero impact on the outcome, on firearm homicides. they re relatively new. they just started to be passed. we know what the immediate effect is, in the 17 states that have these laws, they ve been used hundreds of times to prevent people from buying guns with mental illness or other problems. the el paso shooter might have been one of them if texas had one of these laws. his own mother reported him to the police.