Trump To Attend NRA Convention On Friday In Dallas

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21:  on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Qui... CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will be at the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas on Friday.A White House official said Monday that Trump will attend the group’s annual meeting. Trump has been a strong supporter of the NRA and enjoyed their backing in his 2016 campaign.

After a deadly school shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Trump suggested he was open to new gun control measures. He held a meeting with senators, declaring that he would stand up to the gun lobby and calling for a “comprehensive” bill.

But Trump later backpedaled from those sweeping statements, offering a more limited plan. After he advocated increasing the minimum age to purchase an assault weapon to 21, Trump tweeted there was “not much political support” for the idea.

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  1. I hope he’ll be careful. Wouldn’t want any one to shoot him.

    (Just a thought: Is the Secret Service going to make sure that there are no guns (except theirs) in the hall? How ironic!

  2. They already banned guns from the convention, before this was announced, because VP is also going.

  3. SUPREME irony!

    (You can tell I’m not much in touch with the NRA.)

  4. Feel free to assert your right to conceal and carry at shopping malls, college campuses, your local grocery store, et cetera. But at the NRA Convention…No!

    It’s the one ‘gun-free zone’ no one complains about.

  5. And kids in school are still fair game. Trump, Pence, and the NRA are vile.

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