{"id":6986,"date":"2025-04-18T20:41:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2025-04-18T20:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:41:38","slug":"trumps-statement-after-fatal-fsu-shooting-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/trumps-statement-after-fatal-fsu-shooting-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s statement after fatal FSU shooting sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another fatal school shooting has occurred in America.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>At Florida State University, a shooter opened fire at students, resulting in two fatalities and six people injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After the terrible tragedy occurred,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>President Donald Trump addressed the press, but his statement caused controversy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The alleged shooter has been identified as Phoenix Ikner. The 20-year-old is reportedly the son of a police officer and is thought to have used his mother\u2019s former service weapon in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference at the White House,\u00a0President Donald Trump\u00a0addressed the\u00a0school shooting. He said to the press, \u201cThese things are terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Trump reiterated his support for the Second Amendment by saying that he is \u2018a big advocate of the Second Amendment\u2019, noting that he has \u2018from the beginning\u2019 \u2018protected it\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>As for the\u00a0violent incident, Trump said, \u201cThe gun doesn\u2019t do the shooting, the people do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will tell you that it\u2019s a shame I\u2019m just hearing about it now, I know the area very well, I know the school very well. And we\u2019ll have more to say about it later, we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d the POTUS said.<\/p>\n<p>When the press asked him to elaborate on what he means by \u2018see what happens,\u2019 he replied, \u201cOnly in terms of what happens as far as legislation\u2019s concerned, this has been going on a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he did succinctly clarify that \u201cI have an obligation to protect the Second Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ran on the Second Amendment \u2013 on many other things \u2013 and I will always protect the Second Amendment,\u201d the President stated.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people were unhappy with Trump\u2019s response. One person\u00a0wrote, \u201c\u201dSorry about the dead people, but I love\u00a0guns.\u201d Their ashes are not even cold yet. Completely disgraceful and unchristian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s response to the FSU shooting is callous, deflecting with \u201cguns don\u2019t shoot, people do\u201d ignores the tragedy and the need for real solutions. His Second Amendment obsession drowns out victims\u2019 voices,\u201d another X user\u00a0added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida State University school shooter has been identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, the son of Leon County Sheriff&#39;s Deputy Jessica Ikner.<\/p>\n<p>20-year-old suspect was also a &quot;long-standing member&quot; of the Leon County Sheriff&#39;s Office&#39;s Youth Advisory Council. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVKnpe4RWW\">pic.twitter.com\/oVKnpe4RWW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/K12ssdb\/status\/1913015385940467752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another exasperated person\u00a0wrote, \u201cThis rarely happens in countries that don\u2019t have guns. All of them have people.\u201d And another angry user\u00a0added, \u201cThe gun literally does the shooting. He is a moron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suspected shooter was shot and taken to the hospital, where it was reported that he is being treated for \u2018serious but non-life-threatening injuries,\u2019 according to Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell.<\/p>\n<p>The motive for the shooting is unclear and the names of those who were killed and injured have not yet been made public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another fatal school shooting has occurred in America.\u00a0At Florida State University, a shooter opened fire at students, resulting in two fatalities and six people injured. After the terrible tragedy occurred,\u00a0President Donald Trump addressed the press, but his statement caused controversy. The alleged shooter has been identified as Phoenix Ikner. 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