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Trump: Take guns 'early' without going to court first
Kevin Breuninger | @KevinWilliamB
- President Trump says law enforcement officers should "take the firearms first and then go to court" when responding to reports about potentially dangerous individuals.
- Going to court to get a warrant to take someone's weapons "would have taken a long time," Trump says.
- Vice President Pence said a proposal for obtaining warrants to seize weapons should "allow due process" before Trump cut him off.
Published 2 Hours Ago Updated 1 Hour AgoCNBC.com
[paste:font size="3"]Donald Trump on Wednesday called for seizing guns "early" from potentially dangerous people without having to first obtain a court order.
"I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man's case that just took place in Florida," Trump said at a White House roundtable discussion with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on school safety and gun policy reform.
"To go to court would have taken a long time," Trump said.
Trump made the suggestion after Vice President Mike Pence suggested that new gun policies should "give families and local law enforcement ... the ability to go to court, obtain an order and then collect not only the firearms but any weapon" from a potentially dangerous individual.
Pence made sure to note that any such proposal should "allow due process." But Trump, interrupting his Cabinet ally, suggested that law enforcement officials should "take the firearms first and then go to court."
Trump: Take guns 'early' without going to court first
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