In the wake of yet another mass
shooting in West
Texas Saturday, the prospects of new gun legislation dominated the airwaves on Sunday's slate of network shows. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), in an appearance Sunday on ABC's This Week, told host Martha Raddatz that
President Trump is "interested in doing something meaningful" when it comes to gun reform.Toomey, who has co-sponsored a bill to expand background checks on gun sales, said the president hasn't endorsed any specific bill, but the two have reportedly maintained a dialogue. "I can't guarantee an outcome, I don't know where this all ends, but the president is very interested, I am very interested in measures that make it harder for people who shouldn't have guns to get guns, and we're going to take a very serious run at it," he said.
Trump also said Sunday the
White House is in the middle of bipartisan discussions on gun legislation, and has been since before Saturday's violence. Trump did add that he doesn't believe stronger background checks could have prevented many of the country's recent mass shootings, instead describing it as a "mental problem."