HOUSTON — President Donald Trump told a packed NRA conference on Friday that the nation must respond to the Uvalde shooting by fortifying schools with metal...
“There are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the owning or using of firearms, laws that have not stopped madmen from carrying out evil acts on innocent people in peaceful communities,” Abbott said. “Well, just as laws didn’t stop the killer, we will not let his evil acts stop us from uniting the community he tried to destroy.
Trump started off his speech by jabbing at the absent officials. “Unlike some,” he told the crowd, “I didn’t disappoint you by not showing up.”
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