In answer to a reporter's question at a press conference in South Korea, the US president says tougher gun laws would not have prevented Sunday’s mass shooting at a south Texas church, and argues that more restrictions may have led to more casualties. He says it is a 'situation that probably shouldn’t be discussed too much' and noted that he was in South Korea. Trump supported gun control before reversing his position to enter the Republican presidential primary and courted the National Rifle Association’s endorsement in 2016. This year he became the first president in three decades to speak at the group’s annual convention

• Trump says tougher gun laws would have made Texas church shooting worse