{"id":190594,"date":"2023-05-11T11:35:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=179329"},"modified":"2023-05-11T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:29:26","slug":"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump asked about mass shootings: <br \/><br \/>&quot;It&#39;s not the gun that pulls the trigger; it&#39;s the person that pulls the trigger. And we have to protect our Second Amendment rights.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QmXhoV48BM\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">pic.twitter.com\/QmXhoV48BM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1656460032391905280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">May 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a recent town hall hosted by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-cnn-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">CNN<\/a><\/em> in New Hampshire, former President Donald Trump spent 70 minutes discussing various topics, including his commitment to protecting the Second Amendment and addressing the country&#8217;s mental health crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event demonstrated that Trump remains a formidable figure in American politics, continuing to pose a significant challenge to the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the town hall, Trump expressed pride in his defense of the Second Amendment and highlighted the importance of addressing mental health issues as the root cause of gun violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued that better security measures, rather than stricter gun control, are the key to reducing gun violence in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s been nobody that\u2019s protected the 2A, as you know like I have.&nbsp; I have protected it through thick and thin.&nbsp; Not easy to do,&#8221; said Trump in response to an audience member&#8217;s question about how he&#8217;d defend the 2A and restore gun rights that have been taken away.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But we have a very big mental health problem in this country.&nbsp; And again, it\u2019s not the gun that pulls the trigger, it\u2019s the person that pulls the trigger,&#8221; Trump continued.  &#8220;And we have to protect our Second Amendment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>CNN<\/em> moderator Kaitlan Collins interjected and asked 45 what steps he would take and what gun laws he would sign to improve public safety.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-video-atf-agents-going-door-to-door-to-confiscate-frts-we-have-to-pick-em-up\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/video-atf-agents-going-door-to-door-to-confiscate-frts-we-have-to-pick-em-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">VIDEO: ATF Agents Going Door-to-Door to Confiscate FRTs\u2026 \u2018We have to Pick \u2018Em Up\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I would do numerous things. For instance, I would, we would very much harden schools\u2026 Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policemen. They\u2019re people that really understand weapons. Five percent of the teachers would be more than you could ever have if you were gonna hire security guards,&#8221; explained Trump. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AOC, media melt down over Trump&#039;s CNN town hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rsAX1eSQ5lg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But in addition to that, have security guards. And you have to harden your entrances to make schools safe. And you can make other places safe. But it is a big mental health problem in this country more than anything else,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also cited the 700 million guns in America as a source of security for many citizens and acknowledged the various uses for guns, including entertainment, hunting, and personal protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Now you need them [guns] for entertainment, you need them for hunting, you need them for a lot of different things. But there are people who if they didn\u2019t have the privilege of having a gun in some form, many of them would not be alive today,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/biden-tells-lawmakers-he-will-sign-assault-weapons-ban-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">Biden Tells Lawmakers He Will Sign \u2018Assault Weapons\u2019 Ban Immediately<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In discussing global examples, Trump mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/tucker-brazils-answer-to-crime-loosen-gun-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">Brazil&#8217;s loosening of gun laws<\/a> leading to a decrease in crime rates and contrasted this with cities like <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2023\/01\/04\/chicago-homicides-declined-2022-total-still-among-highest-90s\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">Chicago<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/05\/nyregion\/new-york-crime-stats.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">New York<\/a>, which have strict gun control policies but high rates of gun violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Trump, these examples demonstrate that stricter gun control is not the solution to reducing violence in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>CNN&#8217;s<\/em> decision to give the former president a largely unfiltered prime-time platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/may\/11\/toe-curlingly-bad-television-trumps-torturous-town-hall-backfires-on-cnn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">backfired in the eyes of many.<\/a>  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took to Twitter to voice her displeasure with the cable news network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This falls squarely on CNN. Everyone here saw exactly what was going to happen. Instead they put a sexual abuse victim in harm\u2019s way for views. This was a choice to platform lies about the election &amp; Jan 6th w\/ no plan but to have their moderator interrupted without consequence.<\/p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1656457788183175174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-defends-2a-calls-for-hardening-schools-at-cnn-town-hall\" title=\"Trump Defends 2A, Calls for Hardening Schools at CNN Town Hall\">May 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the significance of Trump&#8217;s performance at the town hall lies in the opinions of voters rather than politicians or media elites. 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