(AFP) Sutherland Springs (Texas): President Donald Trump has refused to link the massacre of 26 churchgoers in Texas to gun rights, saying the shooter was probably deranged and the situation would have been worse had everyone else been unarmed. The US Air Force veteran who opened fire in the rural Texas church during Sunday services had taken his own life after a shootout with residents. President Trump, on a trip in Asia, told reporters in Tokyo: "This isn't a guns situation, I mean we could go into it, but it's a little bit soon to go into it. But fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction, otherwise... it would have been much worse. In rural areas like Sutherland Springs, gun ownership is a part of life and the state's Republican leaders for years have balked at gun control, arguing that more firearms among responsible owners make the state safer.

Source: The Telegraph November 06, 2017 22:18 UTC