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    Trump retreats from gun control proposals

    by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times Aug 20, 2019 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - In the three weeks since three mass shootings left the country reeling, powerful pro-gun groups have sent President Donald Trump a clear signal - don't forget that we helped put you in the White House.

    On Tuesday, the president made clear he was listening. He reversed course and backed away from potential new restrictions on gun sales that he had embraced days after the massacres in California, Texas and Ohio, suggesting less controversial responses like more money for mental health care and stiffer prosecution of federal gun crimes.

    "A lot of the people that who put me where I am are strong believers in the Second Amendment, and I am also," Trump told reporters in the

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