RadioOnFire.com - While addressing the mass shooting that took more than two dozen lives in a Texas church over the weekend, President Trump dispelled the notion that the tragedy was "a gun situation." Instead, the Commander-In-Chief said the attack was driven by a mental health problem, and pointed out that if anything, the damage could have been much worse had one of the civilians not been armed and ready to stop the killer.
“I think that mental health is your problem here. Based on preliminary reports, a very deranged individual, a lot of problems for a long period of time,” Trump said during a press conference held in Tokyo on Monday morning, Nov. 6. "This is a mental health problem at the highest level. It's a very, very sad event. These are great people. A very, very sad event, but that's the way I view it," he said.
The Sutherland Springs shooting claimed 26 lives and left 10 more injured, with the prospects that the death toll may rise. In addition to the First Baptist Church victims (whose ages range from 5 to 72) attacker Devin P. Kelley, 26, was also slain. Investigators are continuing to look into whether Kelley had ties to terrorist organizations or was in any way influenced by ideologies which might inspire a terrorist attack. So far, it has been reported that he was a former U.S. Air Force service member who received a dishonorable discharge over domestic violence charges
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