Trump's previous comments on gun violence resurface as he survives shooting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : [on] our border even though she has a wall around her house, which obviously didn't do a very good job."A day after a 17-year-old shot dead one sixth grader and injured five at Perry High School in Iowa, Trump told a campaign rally: "To the entire community, we love you, we pray for you, and we ask God to heal and comfort really the whole state and the pain that you have.
52% : The five-point note included questions such as, "what would you most want me to know about your experience" and "what can we do to help you feel safe", before ending with the final note, "I hear you".Just days after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos shot and killed 21 people (19 children and two teachers) in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Trump gave a speech to the National Rifle Association in which he read out the name of each victim, with a bell sounding afterwards.
38% : In his latest statement commenting on the attempt on his life, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday: "It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.
28% : Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 people in a high school in Parkland, Florida, and in response to the tragedy, Trump remarked: "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon".
27% : As gun control campaigners expressed their anger over the loss of life, Trump held a meeting with school shooting survivors where cameras caught the president holding a cue card of things to say while expressing sympathy.
21% : Speaking at the California Republican Party's fall convention in Anaheim, Trump took aim at then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul - the latter of which suffered a skull fracture in October 2022 when he was attacked with a hammer by an assailant looking for his wife.
16% : And, as the shooting reignites discussions around gun ownership and political violence, X/Twitter accounts have directed people's attention to controversial comments from Trump on these issues.

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