Trump Told NRA He Won’t Push Background Checks

President Trump called National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre to tell him that universal background checks for gun purchases are off the table, The Atlantic reports.

In the call, Trump said he instead wanted to focus now on “increasing funding” for mental-health care and directing attorneys general across the country to start prosecuting “gun crime” through federal firearms charges from the Justice Department.

Said one White House aide: “The only worry now… is that once Congress returns from recess and talk of gun-control legislation restarts, Trump will change his mind yet again.”