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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gun-control.html?_r=1
The big question with Trump is, will this change?He accused Mrs. Clinton this month of seeking to “abolish the Second Amendment.†And just as he argues that casualties from the terrorist attacks in Paris last year would have been lower if civilians had been armed, he has proposed abolishing gun-free zones at military bases and at schools.
“I will get rid of gun-free zones on schools, and â€" you have to â€" and on military bases,†Mr. Trump said on the campaign trail in January. “My first day, it gets signed, O.K.? My first day. There’s no more gun-free zones.â€
2000 wasn't that long ago.The measures included expanding background checks to people buying firearms at gun shows and online; limiting the capacity of magazines; and banning assault weapons. “Gun and magazine bans are a total failure,†Mr. Trump wrote in his position paper. “The government has no business dictating what types of firearms good, honest people are allowed to own.â€
Those positions represent a reversal from where he stood about 15 years ago when he first contemplated a run for president. In a 2000 book, Mr. Trump supported a ban on assault weapons and a “slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun.â€