Trump has stopped claiming "very significant background checks" on firearms

President Donald Trump.Assoicated Press / Alex Brandon

• After talks with ANR Executive Director, Wayne LaPierre and gun rights activists, President Donald Trump gave a different tone to the possible regulation of firearms in the weeks following the shooting.
• The NRA reportedly launched a campaign to contact lawmakers following the consecutive shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, August 3-4.
• Trump has also personally spoken to LaPierre several times, according to several reports published earlier this month.
• The change comes after Trump reported that he was willing to address the subject of universal background checks.
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Following his talks with ANR Executive Director Wayne LaPierre, and gun rights activists, President Donald Trump gave a different tone to the possible regulation of firearms in the weeks that have followed the shooting, according to a New York Times article.

The NRA reportedly launched a campaign to contact lawmakers following the consecutive shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, August 3-4. The two gunmen waved assault rifles during the shooting 31 people.

Trump has personally spoken to LaPierre several times, according to several reports published earlier in August. LaPierre reportedly expressed his dissatisfaction with the expansion of background checks, a bill likely to receive support from supporters of Parliament in Congress.

LaPierre reportedly said the proposed bill would not match the views of his supporters, a source close to the conversation previously announced to CNN.

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Immediately after the shooting, Trump said he was ready to tackle the subject.

"Well, I'm trying to check the background," Trump told reporters. "I think background checks are important, I do not want to put guns in the hands of mentally unstable people or people who are angry or hate."

But in the weeks that followed, Trump said he was "very concerned" by the second amendment and claimed that "people do not realize that we have a very good background check right now."

Trump reportedly privately noted the decreasing influence of this nonprofit organization, which was shaken by a tumultuous scandal at the direction of the government earlier this year and is involved in numerous lawsuits, including that of the prosecutor's office. General of New York for his finances.

A White House spokesman told the Times that Trump's recent comments did not overturn his earlier statements.

Democratic leaders did not remain optimistic about a possible policy change in the White House.

"We have already seen this film: President Trump, under public pressure right after a horrible shootout, talks about doing something meaningful to fight gun violence," said New York Senator Chuck Schumer on Monday in a statement. . "But inevitably, he backtracked in response to pressure from the NRA and the far right."

"President Trump's retreats are not only disappointing, they are also heartbreaking, especially for the families of the victims of gun violence," said Schumer.