Donald Trump: Working on common sense measures to protect rights of gun owners

Donald TrumpPresident Donald Trump today said his administration is working on commonsense measures to protect the rights of lawabiding gun owners while keeping guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat In his first Cabinet meeting after the deadly shooting at a high school in Florida that killed 17 people Trump said it is not enough to secure only the schools We must secure the communities where our kids are growing and wherever they go we have to secure and wherever anybody goes not just the kids And thats why were committed to reducing violent crime like no other administration he saidWere working on commonsense measures to protect the rights of lawabiding gun owners while keeping guns out of the hands of those who pose a violent threat or even a threat he said Background checks are moving along in Congress pretty wellmaking them tougher Its never that easy but its moving along and a lot of great things are being done Were making them much tougher But a lot of things are happening right now he said Trump said a lot of states are doing things that go along with the federal government A lot of this can be done by states as was the case over the last few days with Florida And really some tremendous legislation is happening with states and having to do with school safety said the presidentThe US is fighting the deadly gangs the MS13 and the gangs They are vicious Theyre horrible There is just no excuse for allowing them to flourish as they were Weve taken thousands of them out of circulation Got them out and weve got them out of the country or theyre in jail And were tackling this deadly scourge like nobodys ever tackled it before he said The Trump administration he said is working very hard on sanctuaries cities The Justice Department has done fantastic job he added I do think we should have legislation where we put an extra line in the money that we give them You want the money You cant have the sanctuary cities That way we avoid the court battles all the time which we probably will win but who needs it They want the money They should give up on the sanctuary cities It harbors horrible criminals Trump saidHe said he is establishing the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry to help former inmates reenter society as productive citizens We have people that have been in jail they made a mistake they get out and they cant get a job no matter what they do Now the thing I think Im doing best for them is making the economy so strong but we need them in the whole system he said Many of them go into there phenomenal employees phenomenal Were doing studies on that In fact were going to be putting out some information But they go into the system and when they can get a job they really take advantage of it They do a great job and its very important Trump 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