[261] He also said he supported "traditional marriage" but considered the nationwide legality of same-sex marriage a "settled" issue;[262] in March 2017, his administration rolled back key components of the Obama administration's workplace protections against discrimination of LGBT people.[263]
Trump said he is opposed to gun control in general, although his views have shifted over time.[264] After several mass shootings during his term, he said he would propose legislation to curtail gun violence, but this was abandoned in November 2019.[265] His administration took an anti-marijuana position, revoking Obama-era policies that provided protections for states that legalized marijuana.[266]
Trump is a long-time advocate of capital punishment.[267][268] Under his administration, the federal government executed 13 prisoners, more than in the previous 56 years combined and after a 17-year moratorium.[269] In 2016, Trump said he supported the use of interrogation torture methods such as waterboarding[270][271] but later appeared to recant this due to the opposition of Defense Secretary James Mattis.[272]

Pardons and commutations
Further information: List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
Most of Trump's pardons and commutations were granted to people with personal or political connections to him.