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Trump, sensing national mood, tests gun control
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WASHINGTON - Within days of shocking gun control advocates by calling for teachers to be armed, President Donald Trump has disconcerted pro-gun advocates with noises about raising the minimum age for buying assault rifles to 21 and banning bump stocks that allow guns to fire like automatic weapons.
After listening last week to students who survived the Feb 14 mass shooting which left 17 dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Mr Trump is set to meet executives of video game companies next week to discuss school violence.
