Washington (CNN) House Speaker Paul Ryan signaled Tuesday he isn't supportive of the proposals to impose new restrictions on gun purchases, telling reporters "we shouldn't be banning guns for law abiding citizens." During a weekly news conference in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, the Wisconsin Republican added, "we should be focusing on making sure that citizens who shouldn't get guns in the first place don't get those guns." Instead, the speaker focused on narrow legislation to address gaps in the database used to process guns sales that he noted the House already approved. "We do know there are gaps in the background check system that need to be plugged," he said. "We passed a bill to do that and we think that should get done clearly."

Source: CNN February 27, 2018 16:46 UTC