The Trump administration is making it clear they are only arrest people who are illegally having a gun. Trump also made it clear that they are talking to people about national reciprocity for concealed carry. The entire press conference is available here.
Transcript:
Reporter: In terms of the guns that have been taken off the street, do you have a number of how many guns were taken away from someone that had a prior felony or a previous crime that perhaps we can prosecute that? Because I know that wasn’t the case under Joe Biden.
Andrew Bailey, who is the Co-Deputy Director of the F.B.I since September 2025:
We don’t take guns off the streets of people that are allowed to have guns. So, every gun that we’re taking off the street is because it belonged to somebody who is not allowed to have it. Could be a felon, could be somebody who hears illegally. There’s all sorts of conditions. But if there’s a gun taken off the streets by the FBI, it’s because the person who has it is not allowed to. It’s not somebody who’s lawfully allowed to have it. So, every single one of those guns were taken off of people that are allowed to have them.
Pam Bondi, the US Attorney General: And not including the FBI, all of the other agencies. ATF alone since January 20th, has removed over 25,000 illegal guns off our streets just since President Trump’s been in office.
Reporter: And Mr. President, if I could follow up on that. Could there be any further conversation to have national conceal carry apply to actual DC, like if you had a driver’s license in Texas and you had a permit, of course you could drive-
Donald Trump: Well, as you know, they’ve been talking about that for a long time. It’s an interesting question. A lot of people feel strongly both ways, but we are talking about that, Brian. Thank you.
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