08-10-2016, 06:09 PM
Context IS important. And the context is that Trump constantly makes outrageous statements, yet is apparently still savvy enough to know how to make them in a way which he believes gives him plausible deniability. This happens on a regular basis. So this Second Amendment statement is part of a pattern of saying things to appeal to his more rabid base and then dialing them back by using excuses such as sarcasm or misinterpretation. Given this context, it's obvious to all but the most biased exactly what it was that Trump meant.