Mitt Romney continued his call for states – rather than Congress – to address gun control in the wake of another mass shooting, and instead said he supports work being done to increase the amount of information that’s shared with a federal background check database.
He met with Utah Republican lawmakers behind closed doors at the Capitol – secrecy he said he opposes – before talking with reporters about focusing on school security measures, guns and federal immigration policies.
Romney said he supports legislation led by Sen. Orrin Hatch to get states to add more information to a national background check system that many states use to ensure people who are trying to buy guns aren’t prohibited from doing so.