President Trump will avoid wading into the heated debate over gun control in the aftermath of a deadly Las Vegas mass shooting, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday.
“Today is a day for consoling survivors and mourning those we lost. There is a time and place for a political debate but now is the time to unite as a country,” Sanders told reporters when asked whether Sunday’s deadly shooting in Las Vegas has changed the president’s attitude toward Second Amendment protections.
“It would be premature for us to discuss policy when we don’t fully know all the facts about what took place last night,” Sanders continued.
The president’s top spokeswoman later said a bipartisan gun bill is “something we can talk about in the coming days and see what that looks like going forward,” despite adding that Trump continues to be “a strong supporter of the Second Amendment.”
“One of the things we don’t want to do is try and create laws that won’t stop these kinds of things from happening,” Sanders said.
A 64-year-old gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel late Sunday night, killing 58 people gathered at a nearby country concert and injuring more than 500 people.
