“Something's still being discussed, but a final determination and legislative piece has not been determined on that front yet,” Sanders replied. “I think we're talking specifically about implementation and what this process would look like, what specific pieces of legislation might look like. And we haven't seen those yet, so it would be premature for us to weigh in. What we're seeing here is a White House presenting excuses, in advance, for Trump to reverse himself on increasing the age limit for purchases of assault rifles. The White House is setting itself up to say that the president supported the concept of a higher age limit but ultimately rejected a concrete proposal because of the way the change would have been implemented.
Source: Washington Post February 26, 2018 21:56 UTC