2A/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House signaled Friday [3-2-18]that President Donald Trump is backing away from a broad overhaul of U.S. gun policy and focusing on more modest changes, after his Thursday night meeting with the National Rifle Association.
At a televised meeting earlier in the week with lawmakers, Mr. Trump had endorsed a Senate proposal to significantly expand background checks on gun sales and said he wanted to see sales of some firearms restricted to people who were 21 or older. He also suggested some guns be taken away from people without due process. All of these stances run counter to the positions of the NRA, the nation’s largest gun-rights organization.
Since then, lawmakers have been looking for more guidance from Mr. Trump on his gun priorities, and whether he would continue to press lawmakers to embrace expanded gun laws. The new discussions about guns and school safety follow February’s shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 people.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Friday morning Mr. Trump now considers a federal increase in the minimum age as likely unrealistic.”
-Natalie Andrews, Louise Radnofsky, and Kristina Peterson, “White House on Gun-Law Changes: Not So Fast,” The Wall Street Journal online, Mar. 2, 2018 12:09pm