MASS SHOOTINGS/NRA/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump this week said his administration has done ‘much more than most’ to help curb mass shootings in the U.S. While Trump boasts of action on firearms, his administration has actually eased gun restrictions over the past two and a half years. Federal agencies have implemented more than half a dozen policy changes — primarily through little-noticed regulatory moves — that expand access to guns by lifting firearms bans in certain locations and limiting the names on the national database designed to keep firearms away from dangerous people. The administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn New York City restrictions on transporting handguns outside homes. And it pushed to allow U.S. gunmakers to more easily sell firearms overseas, including the types used in mass shootings.”
–Anita Kumar, “How Trump eased access to guns,” Politico, August 7, 2019 6:06 am