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| Donald Trump supports efforts to improve the federal background check system for gun purchases, the White House has said. | Donald Trump supports efforts to improve the federal background check system for gun purchases, the White House has said. |
| Mr Trump spoke to Republican Senator John Cornyn about gun legislation on Friday, two days after a shooting at a Florida school killed 17 people. | |
| They discussed the bipartisan bill Mr Cornyn and Democratic senator Chris Murphy introduced to improve federal compliance with criminal background checks, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement. | |
| “While discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the President is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system,” Ms Sanders said. | “While discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the President is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system,” Ms Sanders said. |
| While running for president, Mr Trump has tied himself to the National Rifle Association and received the most gun lobbying funding of any presidential candidate ever. | |
| Last April, Mr Trump declared to members of the NRA: “The eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end.” | |
| He also assured association – which donated more than $30m to his presidential campaign – that it now has “a true friend and champion in the White House.” | |
| His comments came after he signed a resolution in February blocking an Obama-era rule that would have prevented an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from buying guns. | |
| The rule was part of former President Barack Obama’s push to strengthen the federal background check system following the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut shooting – the deadliest school shooting in US history | |
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