As President Donald Trump has mulled acting on gun control legislation in the wake of a string of mass shootings, data gathered by the president's campaign showed that supporting any gun control measures would pose a problem for him politically going into the 2020 election season, according to sources
The data is comprised of campaign polling conducted before recent back-to-back mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, that left 31 dead -- as well as more recent outreach to his base and independent voters, according to the sources. ABC News has not independently reviewed the data.
On Aug. 9, Trump said he supported"very meaningful background checks." But opposition from the N.R.A. stalled momentum on potential proposals from the White House. The House Judiciary Committee intends to mark up five additional gun control bills on Tuesday, according to sources.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will consider a vote on gun legislation only if it has Trump's backing.
Following the El Paso and Dayton shootings, Trump announced that he had directed the Department of Justice to draft new legislation"ensuring that those who commit hate crimes and mass murders face the death penalty, and that this capital punishment be delivered quickly, decisively, and without years of needless delay."
Though there is skepticism among criminologists and those who have studied mass shooters about whether quicker imposition of the death penalty would do anything to deter potential future mass shooters.
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