Trump’s speech to NRA members drew criticism domestically, internationally (VIDEO)

By Daniel Terrill

President Trump endorsed the National Rifle Association’s agenda at the organization’s annual convention, but in doing to he also drew criticism and outrage in how he characterized recent tragedies.
In Friday’s speech to NRA members, the president adopted the NRA’s theme — the good guy with a gun theory — by promoting it as the solution to violence in the U.S. and abroad while also suggesting gun control has resulted in negative outcomes.
The first 20 minutes of Trump’s speech followed his typical campaign-style pattern in which he talked about his relationships, accomplishments and the crowd size before abruptly transitioning. “Let’s talk about guns,” he said and immediately launched into a description of the 2015 terror attack at a music venue in Paris where 130 people died and another 413 were injured.
“They were brutally killed by a small group of terrorists that had guns. They took their time and gunned them down one by one. Boom! Come over here. Boom! Come over here. Boom!” he said as he mimicked shooting a gun with his hands. “If you were in those rooms … if one employee or just one patron had a gun or if one person in this room had been there

Source: Guns.com