WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The White House on Saturday morning issued a statement praising youths participating in March for Our Lives demonstrations against gun violence in Washington and around the country. Trump’s typical route would have taken him by Dreher Park in West Palm Beach, the gathering point for the local March for Our Lives demonstration. A White House spokesman declined to comment on the reason for the longer route. This month, the White House vowed to help provide “rigorous firearms training” to some teachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal background-checks system. But the White House backed off Trump’s earlier call to raise the minimum age to purchase some guns to 21 from 18.

Source: Washington Post March 24, 2018 15:15 UTC