US politicians including President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and many others, have reacted to the deadliest mass shooting in US history, indicating their policy preferences, especially on the issue of gun regulation.
In brief remarks from the White House, Trump called the shooting that claimed at least 59 lives and wounded some 527, “an act of pure evil.” He said he would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday, and he ordered flags be flown at half staff.
Trump frequently boasts of his support of the second amendment, and did so just over a week ago at a rally in Huntsville, Alabama. The second amendment to the United States constitution protects the right of US citizens to keep and bear arms and was adopted in 1791.
A previously announced trip by the president and US first lady Melania Trump to survey storm damage in Puerto Rico on Tuesday will go on as scheduled, the White House…