“I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”The president spoke as lawmakers returned to Washington following a week-long recess and amid intensifying debate over gun laws. In doing so he has repeatedly criticised Scot Peterson, the armed school resource deputy who waited outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school as the shooting transpired. Trump has publicly attacked Peterson as a “coward” who he said “doesn’t love the children, probably doesn’t know the children”. The White House has said Trump supports the bill, known as Fix Nics, but may seek some revisions to its language. Trump was supportive of the idea in the initial days after the Parkland shooting but has been less vocal since the NRA came out against the proposal last week.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2018 16:16 UTC