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September 26, 2023

Trump Campaign Reverses Claim Trump Purchased Handgun, Which Would Be Illegal
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Trump's 2024 campaign is denying the former president purchased a Glock
pistol during a visit to a gun store in South Carolina Monday. Video
widely shared on social media shows Trump admiring the weapon, which was
decorated with Trump's name and likeness, and saying he'd like to buy
it. Federal law bars the sale of firearms to people who are under
indictment for crimes carrying sentences of more than a year - which
includes Trump. This comes days after President Biden unveiled a new
White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

President Joe Biden: "After every mass shooting, we hear a simple
message, the same message heard all over the country, and I've been to
every mass shooting: 'Do something. Please do something. Do something to
prevent the tragedies that leave behind survivors who will always carry
the physical and emotional scars.'"

The Gun Violence Archive reports nearly 32,000 people across the United
States have died from firearms so far this year; 519 people have been
killed in mass shootings. 


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