Trump: Texas mass shooting is about mental health, not guns [View all]
Source: AP
JILL COLVIN Associated Press Nov 6, 2017 Updated 32 min ago
TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump says the mass shooting at a Texas church "isn't a guns situation," but is a "mental health problem at the highest level."
Devin Kelley, the man authorities have identified as the gunman, was discharged from the Air Force several years ago for allegedly assaulting his spouse and a child, according to an Air Force spokeswoman.
While no officials have publicly questioned Kelley's mental health, Trump said that "is your problem here." He offered no details.
"This was a very, based on preliminary reports, a very deranged individual. A lot of problems over a long period of time," Trump said when asked about the shooting as he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a joint news conference in Tokyo during Trump's first official visit to Asia.
"We have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as do other countries. But this isn't a guns situation," the president said..........
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