GOP 2016 front-runner Donald Trump argued Saturday that the terrorist attacks Friday in Paris would have been “much different” had those under siege been armed.
At a campaign rally in Beaumont, Texas, Trump railed that “nobody had guns except for the bad guys,” pointing to the French gun laws.
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“When you look at Paris, you know, the toughest gun laws in the world, nobody had guns except for the bad guys, nobody,” Trump told the Texas crowd. “Nobody had guns, and they were just shooting them one by one.
“The toughest gun laws in the world, Paris,” Trump said. “And I’ll tell you what, you can say what you want, but if they had guns, if our people had guns, if they were allowed to carry, it would have been a much, much different situation.”
The comments from Trump come after the attack that killed 129 and injured another 350. French President Francois Hollande put the country under a state of emergency and closed the borders.
The real estate mogul also panned President Obama’s plan to take in Syrian refugees that have been fleeing the Middle Eastern nation in droves. Trump, who has been a constant critic of the move, called the decision “insane.”
“Our president wants to take in 250,000 from Syria. I mean, think of it, 250,000 people, and we all have heart, and we all want people taken care of and all that, but the problems our country has to take in 250,000 people, some of whom are going to have problems, big problems, is just insane,” he said.
Trump is in a near-draw with Dr. Ben Carson for the top spot in the GOP race, with the two atop the latest RealClearPolitics national average. However, Trump trails Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Ted Cruz in the Washington Examiner’s latest power rankings.
