Addressing the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Dallas, US President Donald Trump brought up the issue of knife crimes in the UK – and his controversial remarks caused quite a stir on social media.
“I recently read a story that in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital, right in the middle, is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds. Yes, that’s right, they don’t have guns, they have knives and instead there’s blood all over the floors of this hospital. They say it’s as bad as a military war zone hospital,” Trump said, thus defending gun ownership.
The US President did not clarify which story he was talking about, and which hospital he was referring to.
“London hasn’t been used to that. They’re getting used to it. Pretty tough. We’re here today because we recognize a simple fact: the one thing that has always stood between the American people and the elimination of our second amendment rights [to keep and bear arms] has been conservatives in Congress willing to fight for those rights. We’re fighting,” Trump went on to say.
Social media users have unanimously lashed out at the US president, with many reminding him of some statistics:
Even Piers Morgan couldn’t resist commenting on Trump’s speech:
Trump was supposedly referring to an April article in The Daily Mail, headlined “Surgeon says he is regularly treating children in school uniforms for gun and knife wounds in London hospital which is ‘like Afghan war zone.” The US president is scheduled to pay an official visit to the UK on July 13 and Londoners are expected to stage mass protests against him during his stay in the country.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
