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Reuters reports:
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to unravel gun regulations put in place by Democratic President Joe Biden during a lengthy speech to the National Rifle Association on Saturday, during which he accepted the influential group’s endorsement.
The nation’s top gun rights group has now endorsed Trump three times – in 2016, 2020 and 2024.
The organization had cheered on Trump during his 2017-2021 term, as he appointed three conservative justices to the Supreme Court and took a series of steps sought by the gun lobby. That included designating firearm shops as essential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing them to stay open.
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Trump is speaking at the NRA’s annual convention and has made it clear that he wants to undo the progress we’ve made under @JoeBiden.
If elected in November, Trump will put the agenda of the NRA & the profits of the gun industry ahead of American lives. We can’t let that happen. pic.twitter.com/maPe5fEJWv
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) May 18, 2024
Today, @realDonaldTrump spoke at the NRA’s annual convention.
This is the guy who thinks that we need to “get over” gun violence.
If elected in November, Trump will fight to make sure that guns remain the #1 killer of American children & teens.pic.twitter.com/1LP6jjIt44
— Newtown Action Alliance (@NewtownAction) May 19, 2024
Soon, Donald Trump—the man who vowed to undo all the progress we’ve made on gun safety and told people to “get over” a school shooting—will join the NRA convention in Dallas as a keynote speaker.
Here’s what to know about Trump, guns, and the NRA ⬇️
— Everytown (@Everytown) May 18, 2024
At the NRA’s Great American Outdoor Show in February, Donald Trump bragged that he “did nothing” to reduce gun violence while in office and vowed to undo all the progress we’ve made on gun safety in the last four years if elected.https://t.co/QiSPDxVKPb
— Everytown (@Everytown) May 18, 2024
At last year’s NRA convention, Trump again promised to be the NRA’s “loyal friend” and claimed that mass shootings are not “a gun problem.” But the US has a gun homicide rate 26 times that of other peer nations and lax gun laws are what set us apart.https://t.co/OXaUwes8hr
— Everytown (@Everytown) May 18, 2024
When Donald Trump was in office, he pledged to take action on gun safety after the horrific mass shootings in Parkland, El Paso, and Dayton. But after then-NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre reportedly told Trump to “stop the games,” he caved and did nothing.https://t.co/iZtoPiGB1G
— Everytown (@Everytown) May 18, 2024
Trump starts playing QAnon music during his bizarre slur-filled NRA speech pic.twitter.com/tprP3rRxMR
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) May 18, 2024