President Trump has responded to the deadly shooting at Florida State University that has left two dead and several injured.
On Thursday afternoon, alleged FSU gunman 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner opened fire inside Florida State’s student union building.
Ikner allegedly used his mother’s gun, who is a former Sheriff’s deputy, and opened fire inside the student union, killing two and injuring six others.
While taking questions inside the Oval Office, a member of the press asked Trump if he was planning to support gun laws in response to the shooting.
Trump responded, “I‘m a big advocate of the Second Amendment; I have been from the beginning; I protected it.”
He added, “These things are terrible. But the gun doesn‘t do the sh**ting, the people do.”
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🚨New: President Trump talks about the 2nd Amendment after the FSU sh**ting today:
“I‘m a big advocate of the Second Amendment, I have been from the beginning, I protected it. These things are terrible. But the gun doesn‘t do the sh**ting, the people do.” pic.twitter.com/QzvaLX2eQm
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Trump on the FSU Student Union school shooting: “Things like this take place” pic.twitter.com/e1jvO6ltWv
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Per CBS:
President Trump said Thursday a shooting at Florida State University that killed two people was “terrible” and a “shame,” but suggested he’s unlikely to back any new gun control measures — saying he’s a “big advocate of the Second Amendment.”
Asked by reporters if he planned on looking at stricter gun laws in the wake of the shooting, Mr. Trump said, “These things are terrible. But the gun doesn’t do the shooting, the people do.”
“As far as legislation is concerned, this has been going on for a long time,” Mr. Trump added. “I have an obligation to protect the Second Amendment. I ran on the Second Amendment, among many other things, and I will always protect the Second Amendment.”
The president, whose primary residence is Palm Beach, Florida, also said he knows Florida State University and the area “very well.”
ADVERTISEMENTPolice say two people were killed and six were injured on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee. The alleged gunman — identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner — was taken into custody after being shot by police, according to law enforcement.
🚨 BREAKING: FSU shooter was an anti-Trump pro-Palestine radical leftist pic.twitter.com/jvoBT4yUPd
— Publius (@OcrazioCornPop) April 17, 2025
The suspected shooter previously attended an anti-Trump rally:
FSU shooting suspect appears to have attended an anti-Trump rally before the President's second inauguration
Source: https://t.co/6e8stq3wBR pic.twitter.com/WxPyzxLGC5
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