Donald Trump pledges to find long-term solution to gun violence

Donald TrumpPresident Donald Trump on Thursday pledged to find a longterm solution to increasing gun violence in America and to prevent a repeat of last weeks Florida school shooting that killed 17 people mostly students We want to learn everything we can learn Starting about two minutes after this meeting were going to work This is a longterm situation that we have to solve Well solve it together Trump told a group of survivors parents and family members of victims of school mass shooting victims Also present at the meeting were representatives from advocacy groups formed after the school shootings at Columbine High School and Sandy Hook Elementary SchoolVice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos also joined Trump at the listening session You have gone through extraordinary pain and we dont want others to go through the kind of pain that youve gone through Wouldnt be right said the president A Pollack whose daughter died in the Florida school shooting said that it is time for the country to come together We as a country failed our children This shouldnt happen he said I cant get on a plane with a bottle of water but we leave it some animal could walk into a school and shoot our children Its just not right and we need to come together as a country and work on whats important and thats protecting our children in the schools Thats the only thing that matters right now Pollack said I want to feel safe at school you know senior year and junior year they were big years for me when I turned my turned my academics around started connecting with teachers and I started actually enjoying school I dont know how Im ever going to set foot on that place again or go to a public park after school or be walking anywhere Me and my friends we get scared when a car drives by anywhere said Sam Zeif a student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland His friend was killed in last weeks shootout Trump listened to all of the participants Does anybody have an idea for a solution to the school shooting and the school shootings that weve gone through over the years And weve seen too much of it and were going to stop it and there are a lot of different ideas I could name 10 of them right now Does anybody have an idea as to how to stop it What is your recommendation to stop it he asked themOne of the participants suggested having people in the school teachers administrators who have volunteered to have a firearm safely locked in the classroom and are given training throughout the year There are plenty of teachers that are already licensed to carry firearms Have them raise their hands to volunteer for the training and when something like this starts the first responders are already on campus he said Trump appeared to be favourable to the idea If the coach had a firearm in his lockerif he had a firearm he wouldnt have had to run He would have shot and that would have been the end of it And this would only be obviously for people that are very adept at handling a gun It is called concealed carry where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them said the president Trump said that the background checks are going to be very strong We need that And then after we do that when we see this trouble we have to nab them he saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever