​Trump: I Won't Give Up The Second Amendment To 'Slippery Slope'

​     President Donald Trump said on Tuesday while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office he won't give up the Second Amendment to the "slippery slope" of gun control.

      "And I have to tell you that it is a mental problem. And I’ve said it a hundred times: It’s not the gun that pulls the trigger; it’s the person that pulls the trigger. These are sick people, and it is also that kind of a problem," Trump said.

     "Well, I’m not going to get into that.  But we are in very meaningful discussions with the Democrats," Trump added.  

     "And I think the Republicans are very unified.  We are very strong on our Second Amendment.  The Democrats are not strong at all on the Second Amendment," Trump continued.  

     "I would say they’re weak on the Second Amendment, and we have to be careful of that," Trump said.

     "The Democrats would, I believe — I think they’d give up the Second Amendment.  And the people that — a lot of the people that put me where I am are strong believers in the Second Amendment — and I am, also," Trump added.  

     "And we have to be very careful about that.  You know, they call it the 'slippery slope.' And all of a sudden, everything gets taken away.  We’re not going to let that happen," Trump continued.