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NRA members skeptical of whether Trump's gun rhetoric matches his record [View all]
Source: The Guardian
NRA members skeptical of whether Trump's gun rhetoric matches his record
Gun rights advocates question if Trump is a true second amendment
supporter before he speaks at annual meeting: ‘I don’t know if the
guy’s ever shot a gun’
Lois Beckett in Louisville
Friday 20 May 2016 14.14 BST
Donald Trump has pledged to end all gun-free zones on his first day in office. He has argued that recent terrorist attacks and mass shootings would have played out differently if more of the victims had been armed.
The candidate has said that he has a permit to carry a concealed weapon in New York, no easy feat in a city with draconian gun laws, and that he wants concealed carry permits issued in any individual state to be valid nationally.
But when Trump addresses a crowd of tens of thousands of National Rifle Association members at the group’s annual meeting in Louisville Friday, he will be facing a group of politically engaged conservatives with very mixed feelings about Trump’s record on guns – including some NRA members who worry that gun rights are just another bargaining chip that the dealmaker might trade away.
Ryan Baumgarten, 29, an NRA member from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, said he was skeptical that Trump is a true second amendment supporter.
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Gun rights advocates question if Trump is a true second amendment
supporter before he speaks at annual meeting: ‘I don’t know if the
guy’s ever shot a gun’
Lois Beckett in Louisville
Friday 20 May 2016 14.14 BST
Donald Trump has pledged to end all gun-free zones on his first day in office. He has argued that recent terrorist attacks and mass shootings would have played out differently if more of the victims had been armed.
The candidate has said that he has a permit to carry a concealed weapon in New York, no easy feat in a city with draconian gun laws, and that he wants concealed carry permits issued in any individual state to be valid nationally.
But when Trump addresses a crowd of tens of thousands of National Rifle Association members at the group’s annual meeting in Louisville Friday, he will be facing a group of politically engaged conservatives with very mixed feelings about Trump’s record on guns – including some NRA members who worry that gun rights are just another bargaining chip that the dealmaker might trade away.
Ryan Baumgarten, 29, an NRA member from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, said he was skeptical that Trump is a true second amendment supporter.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/20/nra-donald-trump-gun-record-skepticism
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