Trump: Cities with strongest gun laws have biggest problems
- 9 years ago
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday morning that the U.S. cities with the strongest gun laws often have "tremendous gun violence and death."
"You take Chicago, you take Baltimore, you take various other places where you have tremendous gun violence and death," Trump said.
"The strictest laws in the United States- in the world- for guns happens to be Chicago where they have a lot of problems.
Baltimore, a lot of the places where you have the biggest problem is where they have the strongest laws."
"I don't think it's about laws," Trump said during a gun control discussion in the wake of a mass shooting inOregon that left nine people dead.
"The strongest, the most stringent laws are in almost every case the worse places.
It doesn't seem to work.
It's a tough situation," Trump added.
"And when it comes to the schools, it really is mental health.
It's a mental problem."
Trump said he watched President Obama's statement following the Umpqua Community College rampage and said he understands "exactly what he's saying."
"You take Chicago, you take Baltimore, you take various other places where you have tremendous gun violence and death," Trump said.
"The strictest laws in the United States- in the world- for guns happens to be Chicago where they have a lot of problems.
Baltimore, a lot of the places where you have the biggest problem is where they have the strongest laws."
"I don't think it's about laws," Trump said during a gun control discussion in the wake of a mass shooting inOregon that left nine people dead.
"The strongest, the most stringent laws are in almost every case the worse places.
It doesn't seem to work.
It's a tough situation," Trump added.
"And when it comes to the schools, it really is mental health.
It's a mental problem."
Trump said he watched President Obama's statement following the Umpqua Community College rampage and said he understands "exactly what he's saying."