Failed one-term former president Donald Trump has a message for the parents of children killed in school shootings: Be thankful you live in a country with lots of guns because they’re necessary to keep us entertained.
Trump said that in response to a question he received during a Univision town hall meeting this week when he was asked by a voter, “Could you explain your gun control policy to the parents of the victims of school shootings?”
The disgraced ex-president replied, “We have a Second Amendment and right to bear arms, essentially. And I’m very strongly an advocate of that — I think you need that. I think that if you ever tried to get rid of it, you wouldn’t be able to do it. You wouldn’t be able to take away the guns, because people need that for security. They need it for entertainment, and for sport and other things — but they also, in many cases, need it for protection.”
He continued, “You want to have a lot of good people have [guns]. But if we didn’t have that, you would see a crime rate that’s crazy.”
Did you notice that Trump never once mentioned school shootings, which were the main gist of the question? Instead, he attacked his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris with blatant lies.
“She wants to take everybody’s gun away, you know she’s always wanted that,” Trump claimed. “That’s because, uh, that’s what she wants. She wants to take everybody’s gun. You know who will never give their guns up? The bad guy. The bad guy’s not giving up the guns. So that’s what we have. We want safety, we want security, but you have to still adhere to the Second Amendment.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) shared video of Trump’s comments on Twitter.
Trump’s laissez-faire attitude about guns didn’t sit well with many on social media.
