SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Governor Gavin Newsom said he is fed up with mass shootings in America.
"It's just sickening," Newsom said Monday about the deadly shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Newsom spoke to reporters for more than 12 minutes in an impromptu press conference after visiting with victims at a Santa Clara County hospital.
"And three days from now, we'll zig and zag on a new tweet... We have leadership today that just turns a blind eye to this and won't do a damn thing to address these issues."
President Donald Trump did offer condolences Monday in the White House Rose Garden before signing a bill that would extend the 9/11 victims' compensation fund indefinitely.
"We express our deepest sadness and sorrow for the families who lost a precious loved one in the horrific shooting last night in Gilroy, California," Trump said. "While families were spending time together at a local festival, a wicked murderer opened fire and killed 3 innocent citizens, including a young child. We grieve for their families, and we ask that God will comfort them with his overflowing mercy and grace."
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But Newsom pushed back, saying that thoughts and prayers are not enough.
"These folks in the White House have been supporting a kind of policy to walk back the work we are doing in state's like ours to get rid of large-capacity magazines... and to advance on background checks," Newsom said.
According to Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee, alleged shooter Santino Legan, 19, bought his AK-47-style rifle legally in Nevada in early July.
At that, Newsom also expressed outraged.
"I can't put borders up... in a neighboring state where you can buy this damn stuff legally," said Newsom. "How the hell is that possible? I have no problem with the Second Amendment. You have a right to bear arms, but not weapons of goddamn mass destruction."
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