President Donald Trump said Friday that he supports expanding concealed carry of firearms to Washington, D.C., because “people have to be able to protect themselves.”
During a wide-ranging news conference Friday afternoon, Trump was asked if he would be open to the concealed carry of guns in the nation’s capital.
“They have it in some states, and they feel strongly about it,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office. “As you know, I’m in favor of it. People have to protect themselves. I’m a Second Amendment person, very simply. People have to be able to protect themselves, especially in Washington.
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