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Originally Posted by whell

Didn't see the context of this response but if its in the context of the Obama - era EO that he repealed (the NBC article you posted), then the response is accurate. Sorry if accurate responses to questions appear to be sophistry to you.

It had nothing to did with his ignorant EO, it was a response to a question as to whether he would support "extreme vetting" for gun purchases,

SEOUL — President Trump on Tuesday asserted that tougher gun laws would not have stopped the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Tex., last weekend and that “hundreds more” would have died had another man not been able to “neutralize” the alleged killer with a gun of his own.

He then answered by saying, “If you did what you're suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago.” Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle, killing 26 people in a church. Another man, Stephen Willeford, later grabbed his own gun and exchanged fire with Kelley outside the church. Police found Kelley dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but authorities called Willeford a “hero" and said he helped stop Kelley.

Trump referred to Willeford as a “brave man” and said, “If he didn't have a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead.... Not going to help.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-were-tougher/