Tokyo • President Donald Trump declared that the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas that left at least 26 people dead was not "a guns situation," saying instead he believed that "mental health" was the problem.
Trump's comments came at a news conference in Tokyo, when he was asked about the shooting at a South Texas church and if stricter gun laws were the answer.
Though the alleged shooter has been identified as Devin Kelley, 26, the full mental state of Kelley has yet to be determined. Kelley, a Texan man who enlisted in the Air Force in 2010, was court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his wife and child, and received a bad conduct discharge from the military in 2014.