GUNS/NRA/SCHOOL SHOOTING/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Friday [5-18-18] expressed heartbreak and frustration about a deadly school shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, and said his administration would do ‘everything in our power’ to keep guns away from those who should not have them…Months ago, Mr. Trump vowed to take action on school safety and gun restrictions in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., in February. At the time, said he would look at stricter background checks and raising the minimum age for buying an assault weapon. Both of those proposals are opposed by the National Rifle Association, of which the president is a member and has benefited from strong political support from gun owners. Mr. Trump also had called for an N.R.A.-backed proposal to arm teachers, and said he would favor taking guns away from potentially dangerous people without due process. But the president did not press for action on any of those initiatives, and Congress did not follow through.”
-Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Trump Laments Latest School Shooting and Vows Action — Again,” The New York Times online, May 18, 2018