India, April 18 -- US President Donald Trump, during a press briefing, responded to questions about gun law reforms following Thursday's Florida State University shooting by saying, "the gun does not do the shooting but people do."

The incident left two people dead and five others injured.

Speaking from the Oval Office while signing unrelated executive orders, Trump said, "Look, I'm a big advocate of the Second Amendment, that happened from the beginning. I protected it, and these things are terrible, but the gun doesn't do the shooting, the people do."

Earlier, ahead of a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Trump called the FSU shooting "a shame," but indicated he was not likely to pursue changes to US gun laws.

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