President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE assured a young girl that he would protect Americans after she wrote to him asking how he’d keep kids safe from guns, The Washington Post reported.

Ava Olsen, now 8, was at a South Carolina school in 2016 when a 14-year-old opened fire. Her best friend died in the shooting, and Olsen wrote the president last August asking what could be done to stop such events, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

“Schools are places where children learn and grow with their friends. Their halls should be free of fear. It is my goal as President to make sure that children in America grow up in safe environments, giving them the best opportunity to realize their full potential,” Trump wrote.

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“I will continue to focus on protecting Americans and improving the safety of our Nation,” he added.

Trump thanked Olsen for her letter and sent his condolences for the loss of her friend.

Olsen then wrote another letter after she noticed the president didn’t say specifically how he would keep kids safe, The Washington Post reported.

Her follow-up letter included ideas of her own, the newspaper reported, including moving schools to safer places and building schools in circles with playgrounds located in the center.

Roughly a dozen school shootings have taken place since the start of 2018. In recent weeks, a student at a Texas high school was shot, two students were killed at a Kentucky high school and two students at a Los Angeles middle school were shot in a classroom.

In the wake of the Kentucky shooting, NBC News reporter Peter Alexander pressed White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on what Trump was doing to stop school shootings. Sanders then accused Alexander of saying Trump was being "complicit" in the shootings.