Trump vows to protect 2nd Amendment after gun briefing

President Donald Trump pledged Thursday to protect the Second Amendment, hours after huddling with top advisers to discuss gun control measures he might be willing to publicly stand behind.

Speaking to reporters before flying to Baltimore for a Republican retreat, Trump insisted "a lot of progress" had been made on background checks "and various things having to do with guns" during Thursday's discussion.

But he also made clear that he's weary of angering gun proponents, suggesting Democrats' push for new gun control measures following a summer of mass shootings might be nothing more than "a ploy."
He added later in Baltimore, "Democrats want to confiscate guns from law-abiding Americans so they're totally defenseless when somebody walks into their house with a gun."