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GOP lawmaker calls on Trump to 'pause' all sales of high-powered guns

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 Florida Rep. Brian Mast was enjoying a peaceful day at the pool with his kids last week, legally carrying his concealed pistol, when a scary thought struck him.

"I'm looking at all the balconies and thinking of [the massacre] in Las Vegas. I was sitting there with my conceal carry 9mm Glock, and thinking that I would be a sitting duck, and my children would be sitting ducks, for anybody that was sitting up on one of those balconies, and had barricaded themselves in a room, and were ready to go out there, and induce that kind of carnage," he told ABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" podcast.

That vulnerable moment triggered him to ask President Donald Trump to push the pause button on certain gun sales, Mast said.

"Let’s pause on selling these weapons that have been used in these incidents, just like the travel ban," he said. "We’re going to pause 30, 60, 90 days and let’s see who has access. Let’s present some solutions."

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