Donald Trump backs a federal database to track Muslims, but not gun sales

[jpak]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/20/donald-trump-backs-a-federal-database-to-track-muslims-but-not-gun-sales/

Donald Trump confirmed to NBC on Thursday evening that he supports a database to track Muslims in the United States. In a separate statement to The Washington Post, however, Trump expressed his opposition to another controversial database: One that would index America's gun sales.

The database of Muslims arose after an interview Yahoo News's Hunter Walker conducted with Trump earlier this week, during which he asked the Republican front-runner to weigh in on the current debate over refugees from Syria.

Trump's been as outspoken on that subject as he is on most others, and his position on refugees largely mirrors his strong position on Mexican immigrants. "We're going to have to do things that we never did before," Trump told Walker. "Some people are going to be upset about it, but I think that now everybody is feeling that security is going to rule."

Walker asked Trump if he would consider registering Muslims in a database or giving them a special form of identification. Trump's reply?

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[Eleanors38]

1. Don't favor either. nt