Speaking at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, Donald Trump noted that the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt doesn’t change his belief that “Americans need guns to protect themselves.”
The reporter asked President Trump about the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt, noting that the assassin used an AR-15.
The reporter also asked if the incident had changed his mind about gun ownership.
Trump Responded He said his views have not changed and added, “Take away the guns, [Kamala] “The government wants to take away everyone’s guns, but if they want to take away guns, they can’t, because people need guns to protect themselves.”
ὄVIDEO: President Trump says assassination attempt doesn’t change his opinion on guns.
He also correctly points out that a Harris-Waltz administration would try to disarm law-abiding Americans. pic.twitter.com/41tB0v3ZYD
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) August 8, 2024
He stressed that while some people want guns for hunting or “recreation,” the main reason people need guns is “to protect themselves.”
Trump spoke about people who live in extremely rural areas, even “in the woods,” and suggested that these people also need guns.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the author and curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is a political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the Global Marketing Director for Lone Star Hunts. He was a visiting scholar at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and earned his PhD in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: FollowYou can subscribe to Downrange at breitbart.com/downrange . To contact me directly, please email awrhawkins@breitbart.com
