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Trump Denies Telling NRA More Background Checks for Gun Buyers Are 'Off the
Table'

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   President Donald Trump is denying reports he told the NRA chief that
   expanded background checks for gun buyers are "off the table," and now
   says he backs such measures.

   Trump spoke to reporters outside the White House Wednesday as he
   appears to waver back and forth on how he plans to address gun violence
   in the United States.

   He said Wednesday he is considering ways to make background checks
   stronger, but warned of what he calls the "slippery slope" he believes
   would restrict legal gun ownership.

   "I want guns in the hands of people that are mentally stable," Trump
   said Wednesday. "I want them to be easily able to get a gun. But people
   who are insane, people who are sick, I don't want them to be able to
   get a gun."

   Trump expressed strong support for more background checks after two
   gunmen massacred 31 people earlier this month in EL Paso, Texas, and
   Dayton, Ohio.

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