The President’s advocacy for the NICS Act comes after last week’s Florida high school shooting. Multiple people died and sustain serious injuries. To make matters even worse, America quickly learned that the FBI received a tip about Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old shooter, in January, yet failed to follow proper protocol.
The foregoing revelation engendered considerable outrage. Florida Governor Rick Scott actually called for the resignation of current FBI Director Christopher Wray. Furthermore, Fox News’ Judge Jeanine Pirro opined that the FBI is in need of a “complete overhaul.” Finally, President Trump took to Twitter and blasted the bureau, stating that their Russia probe blinded them from the gravity of the aforementioned tip about Cruz.
Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign – there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2018
What Do Americans Think About the NICS Act?
Stronger background checks are in partial alignment with overwhelmingly left-leaning Americans who called for stricter gun laws, following Wednesday’s Florida high school shooting. However, not everyone believes guns are the root of the problem. Conservatives have cited mental health and the FBI’s failure to do their due diligence as the true problems at hand.
