Donald Trump is not a fan of President Obama’s plan to expand background checks for gun purchases at gun shows and expos.
In a short preview of his interview with CBS’ “Face The Nation,” set to air in full on Sunday, the Republican presidential front-runner said he doesn’t want to see any regulations that restrict access to guns.
“I don’t like it,” Trump said about Obama’s plans for executive action. “I don’t like anything having to do with changing our Second Amendment. There are plenty of rules and regulations, plenty of things they can do right now that are already out there, they don’t do them.”
In his weekly address on Friday, Obama said gun control is “unfinished business” for him and he plans to meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch this week to talk about options for expanding restrictions on gun sales.
Obama, who cannot unilaterally alter the Second Amendment, is reportedly set to use executive power to require more gun sellers to register as federally licensed dealers, who must perform background checks on gun buyers. The step is far more modest than actions gun control advocates urge Congress to take, but is sure to draw opposition from Republican presidential hopefuls.
Trump picked up a common argument that expanded mental health treatment would reduce gun violence.
“We have a tremendous mental health problem,” he said. “They’re closing places all over the world, and all over the country too, but all over the world … nobody’s doing anything about that, all they want to do is blame the guns. But, it isn’t the gun that pulls the trigger.”
