President Trump finally speaks with the hero who took down Waffle House shooter

On Monday, President Donald Trump finallyspoke with James Shaw Jr., the black man who disarmed a shooter at a Nashville Waffle House with his bare hands on April 22nd, likely saving countless lives and suffering a burn in the process.

“This morning he had a call with James Shaw to commend his heroic actions and quick thinking at a Waffle House in Tennessee,” White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah said Monday. “Mr. Shaw saved lives when he wrestled a gun from an active shooter who had opened fire.“

The president, who addressed the NRA-ILA meeting in early May—the political lobby group of the National Rifle Association— had been criticized for celebrating white gun culture while failing to recognize Shaw's heroism. Shaw's story contradicts the NRA's dictum that the only thing that can stop "a bad guy with with a gun, is a good guy with a gun."

Shaw, who's fundraised to help the families of the four shooting victims, has famously refused the label of hero, claiming he was merely trying to save his own life.