Donald Trump says the tough gun control laws in Paris contributed to the high death toll during a series of terrorist attacks on Friday.
The attacks, he added, also reveal the danger in allowing Syrian refugees into the country.
"You can say what you want, but if they had guns -- if our people had guns, if they were allowed to carry -- it would have been a much, much different situation," Trump said to cheers during a political rally at an arena in southeast Texas on Saturday afternoon.
"What is going on is terrible," Trump said.
"And when you look at what happened in that case: It was just reported, one from Syria and our president wants to take in 250,000 from Syria."