Florida shooting: Donald Trump meets with victims and first responders as Parkland community calls for change

The president praises "record-breaking" reaction time of first responders

President Donald Trump visited the Florida town devastated by a school shooting this week, as members of the community called on him to take action to prevent such tragedies in the future.

Mr Trump would later tell police officers and reporters about a female victim he met, who had been shot four times. He would also praise the victims families, saying they were really great shape given the circumstances. He would not respond to questions about changing the nations gun laws.Mr and Ms Trump also met with members of the local police and sheriffs departments Friday night, at a meeting attended by Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Governor Rick Scott, and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Mr Rubio also spoke at the meeting, saying the community was in great pain, and that residents "want action to make sure this doesnt happen again.

You can count on it, Mr Trump replied.

"President Trump, you say what can you do? You can stop the guns from getting into these children's hands," Lori Alhadeff, the mother of a 14-year-old victim, said in an emotional interview on CNN. "What can you do? You can do a lot! This is not fair to our families and our children [to] go to school and have to get killed!"

One student even tweeted at the president about his national address on the incident, in which he did not mention guns or gun control once. She later apologised for the profanity used in her initial tweet, but said she would love to meet up with him and talk gun control when he was in town.

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