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Article snippet: Challenging the leaders of his own party, MORE on Wednesday urged Congress to adopt a host of gun restrictions that have long been anathema to Republicans on Capitol Hill. In an extraordinary televised meeting with lawmakers of both parties at the White House, Trump called for quick action on expanding background checks, increasing the gun-buying age and empowering law enforcement to confiscate firearms from potentially unstable people — even without a court’s approval. All of those proposals are fervently opposed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) and most Republicans in Congress — and Trump suggested the relationship between those two groups is much of the problem. “Some of you people are petrified of the NRA,” he said. “You can’t be petrified.” The ultimate significance of Trump’s remarks remains to be seen. Last month, the president hosted a similar bipartisan meeting on immigration, where he vowed quick action to protect “Dreamers” and appeared similarly sympathetic to the Democrats’ arguments. He later adopted a much harder line, and the “Dreamer” legislation he promised to champion has gone nowhere in Congress. Here are five places where Trump broke with his own party on guns. Trump wants to go big on the issue Comprehensive bills rarely succeed in Washington, but Trump says he wants to go big when it comes to gun reforms. “Some people don’t like the word comprehensive. I like the word comprehensive,” Trump told lawmakers on Wednesday. The preside... Link to the full article to read more