Media Shocked To Learn NRA Members Back Trump Despite ‘Slump’

By Tom Knighton

President Donald Trump doesn’t have the highest approval numbers by any stretch of the imagination. Then again, it’s been a while since we had a president with particularly good approval ratings, so that’s not precisely groundbreaking at this point.

However, one group definitely still backs the president, and that tends to be gun owners. While many are still upset by the administration’s move to ban bump stocks, they still generally back Trump.

The media finds this shocking, especially as Trump is, as they put it, “bad for business.”

In Greenfield, Indiana, Mark Highsmith said he believes firearms are woven into the fabric of the state. He owns a gun shop and told ABC News the NRA remains strong in parts of the country because it’s the only organization on the front lines of gun advocacy.

“They’re really the only lobbying group for the shooting public,” Highsmith told ABC News. But, he added, “I think they need to try and rationalize how they spend their money and try to be more steadfast in the way they do business. I’d like to see them be more supportive of places like me — how are they helping the average member.”

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Source:: Bearing Arms