GUNS/MASS SHOOTINGS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is exploring ways to use regulatory power and executive action to curb gun violence after a pair of deadly shootings over the weekend — a move driven by his aides’ belief that Congress is incapable of coalescing around consensus legislation in a heated 2020 election cycle. White House officials on Monday [8-5-19] said Trump and U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr are ‘resolved’ to take action after the shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The administration is exploring solutions ‘that actually make an impact,’ as opposed to ‘things that feel good,’ one Trump aide said. Trump has increasingly relied on his executive authority to address issues that have stained his administration, including the gun violence epidemic. Ten months after a teen gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last year, the Trump administration issued a rule — at the president’s request — to ban the sale and possession of devices known as bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic firearms to simulate automatic weapons.”
–Gabby Orr, “Trump explores executive action on guns,” Politico, August 5, 2019 6:55 pm