Addressing NRA in Houston, Donald Trump rejects gun regulations and calls for school safety overhaul

Speaking in the state where a deadly elementary school shooting left 19 children and two teachers dead this week, former President Donald Trump backed up Republican calls to resist new gun restrictions and instead called for increased mental health services and school security measures.

Trump spoke Friday at a National Rifle Association convention in Houston after the shooting in Uvalde renewed attention on the nation’s gun laws. He opened the speech with a moment of silence and recognition of the tragedy, calling it a “heinous massacre” that was “horrible” to see, watch and hear about. He said the nation needed to unite around the path forward but chastised Democrats for advancing an “extreme political agenda...