Opposing view: More ‘ gun safety' laws aren't the answer

The first time Donald Trump ran for president, the reality TV star presented a novel idea for combatting terrorists. “You have to take out their families,” candidate Trump told Fox & Friends. When Rep. Adam Schiff, D- Calif., and others pointed out that the policy might “create more enemies than you’re destroying,” Trump went all Servpro on his proposal. Like it never happened.

Call it the run- it- up- the- flagpoleand- if- no- one- salutes- it- pretendyou- never- said- it strategy. Whatever you call it, it works for Donald Trump — a president with a unique ability to set the news media’s hair on fire on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis.

It also works for me, an American who believes President Ronald Reagan’s warning: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘ I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’ ” As far as I’m concerned, the less Trump means what he says about “cleaning up” Ukrainian corruption, “banning” flavored vaping or “fixing gun violence,” the happier I feel.

Do you really think the government can solve America’s “gun violence” problem — firearms- related suicides, deadly gangbanging and deranged school shooters — by enacting “gun safety” laws? If you do, you might be deluded enough to think that Trump’s decision to abandon his previously stated willingness to seek compromise on the issue is ( another) reason to hate the president’s lack of resolve.

Folks, Donald Trump says a lot of things about a lot of things. So many things his own people can’t keep track — never mind begin the complicated process of making them happen in a town where snakes don’t bite residents out of professional courtesy.

As it should be. Do you want a single- minded president who always does what he says, or one happy to change his mind/ forget what he said and not do something because ... reasons? I know which way I vote.