White House spokesman Raj Shah declined to say whether President Trump felt the need to change any gun laws in the wake of the tragic shooting at a Florida high school.
“In the wake of tragedies, you have to look at everything,” Mr. Shah, White House principal deputy press secretary, said on Fox News.
“In this instance, this individual did obtain the weapon through a legal background check. We don’t know all the circumstance surrounding it, but obviously he shouldn’t have had that weapon and shouldn’t have been able to do the kinds of things that he did,” he said.
Mr. Shah said the issue was “complex” and one that will not be solved quickly, but did say that confiscating all the weapons across the country is unrealistic.
Seventeen people are dead after a former student who was expelled opened fire on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday. The shooting suspect, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. He reportedly used a semi-automatic weapon and smoke grenades to commit these crimes.
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