United States: Trump rejects stricter gun checks

US President Donald Trump has said that “hundreds more” would have died in a Texas church mass shooting if US gun laws were more stringent.  He told reporters in Seoul that such measures would have “made no difference” in Sunday’s attack, which left 26 people dead and 20 injured.  Gunman Devin Patrick Kelley was found […]

US President Donald Trump has said that “hundreds more” would have died in a Texas church mass shooting if US gun laws were more stringent. 

He told reporters in Seoul that such measures would have “made no difference” in Sunday’s attack, which left 26 people dead and 20 injured. 

Gunman Devin Patrick Kelley was found dead in his car after he fled the scene and was chased by armed bystanders. 

The US Air Force said he should have been legally barred from owning guns.

The president suggested that armed bystander Stephen Willeford, who shot the gunman with his privately owned weapon, may not have been able to “neutralise” Kelley if stricter gun laws had been in place.