At NRA, Trump slams Clinton for ‘heartless’ gun restrictions

The vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court means “the Second Amendment is on the ballot”, Cox told the convention.

The first four speeches at the NRA’s annual meeting were full-throated attacks on Clinton, with speakers bringing up everything from her role in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, which left Ambassador Christopher Stevens dead, to the Affordable Care Act.

The National Rifle Association has endorsed Donald Trump for president at today’s convention.

Trump has spoken about his support of the Second Amendment regularly on the campaign trail and is a gun owner himself. Just remember that. Reporter: And then this line drawing a roar of approval. He also decried gun bans, pledging to abolish all gun-free zones if he becomes president. “There is nothing smart about what they are up to, as you and I both know”.

“We have to unite and we have to unite right now”, Cox said, before giving the NRA’s endorsement to Trump. The supremely confident Trump appeared to acknowledge that weakness, saying that while his poll numbers with men are strong, “I like women more than men”. No more. He now insists that his belief in the right to gun ownership is near-absolute. “But in this room the presumptive gop nominee bragging about his sons” gun collections. They have so many rifles and so many guns sometimes even I get a little bit concerned. Reporter: And drawing a contrast with Clinton.

Clinton will appear Saturday in Florida with parents who have lost children to gun violence, including the mother of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager whose death in 2012 led to one of the highest-profile USA criminal cases in years.

“I’d like to call for Hillary Clinton to put together a list also”, Trump said.

Trump wrapped up his address with a promise to always be a solid supporter of the the individual right to keep and bear arms. Baldwin noted that the public record shows Clinton is interested in maintaining the rights of responsible gun owners, but that didn’t stop Rye and Epshteyn from proceeding with their clash. I bet you’re wondering where I bet you’re wondering where Hillary stands, right? Let’s hear it straight from the horse’s mouth.

“Donald Trump promotes the NRA’s reckless and risky stance on guns and schools”, Newtown Action Alliance head Po Murray said on a call hosted by the Democratic National Committee Friday morning. And Tom llamas with us tonight from Louisville, Kentucky.

Donald Trump was all set to be interviewed by TV Azteca’s Marcos Stupenengo – a white, green-eyed Argentine expat – until they overheard him talking on the phone in Spanish, whereupon the interview was summarily cancelled and Stupenengo was escorted out of the building by Trump’s Secret Service detail (who apologized to him).

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