Mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, left at least 31 people dead over the weekend. President Donald Trump responded to the massacres Monday with proposals that he says will help authorities stop possible shooters before they kill and get help for those with mental illness.
He also recommended stricter, swifter punishments for mass shooters, and more restrictions on who can have a gun.
"We must reform our mental health laws to better identify mentally disturbed individuals who may commit acts of violence and make sure those people not only get treatment but when necessary involuntary confinement. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun," the president said.
