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Donald Trump said Sunday that lives would have been saved if more people had guns at the Oregon community college where a mass shooting took place this past week.
"I can make the case that if there were guns in that room other than [the shooter's], fewer people would have died. Fewer people would have been so horribly injured," Trump said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
The real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate rejected the argument that lax gun laws are to blame for the abundance of mass shootings in the United States, noting that cities with strict gun laws, like Chicago and Baltimore, still have high rates of gun violence.
"The strongest, the most stringent laws are in almost every case the worse places," Trump claimed. "It doesn't seem to work."
Trump's comments echo those of conservatives who have claimed that Umpqua Community College was a gun-free zone. In fact, the college's ban on firearms and other weapons has a significant exception: In accordance with Oregon state law, students with licenses to carry a concealed gun may do so on campus.
More: Donald Trump: More Guns Could Have Stopped Oregon Massacre
There were probably several on campus with CCW permits. It doesn't do much good if no one has the courage to use them - either out of fear or concern for being mistaken by police as the shooter. For example:
Vet with concealed weapon explains why he didn't shoot in Umpqua.
Vet with concealed weapon explains why he didn't shoot in Umpqua; also a call for action by Congressman Hill
"I can make the case that if there were guns in that room other than [the shooter's], fewer people would have died. Fewer people would have been so horribly injured," Trump said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
The real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate rejected the argument that lax gun laws are to blame for the abundance of mass shootings in the United States, noting that cities with strict gun laws, like Chicago and Baltimore, still have high rates of gun violence.
"The strongest, the most stringent laws are in almost every case the worse places," Trump claimed. "It doesn't seem to work."
Trump's comments echo those of conservatives who have claimed that Umpqua Community College was a gun-free zone. In fact, the college's ban on firearms and other weapons has a significant exception: In accordance with Oregon state law, students with licenses to carry a concealed gun may do so on campus.
More: Donald Trump: More Guns Could Have Stopped Oregon Massacre
There were probably several on campus with CCW permits. It doesn't do much good if no one has the courage to use them - either out of fear or concern for being mistaken by police as the shooter. For example:
Vet with concealed weapon explains why he didn't shoot in Umpqua.
Vet with concealed weapon explains why he didn't shoot in Umpqua; also a call for action by Congressman Hill