NRA sends calming force after Trump floats gun control

By Daniel Terrill

NRA head lobbyist Chris Cox, left, President Trump and NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre posing during the group’s 2017 meeting in Atlanta. (Photo: NRA-ILA)
National Rifle Association leaders reacted with calm this week after President Trump expressed support for gun control measures — like “take the guns first, go through due process second” — that put gun rights advocates and lawmakers on edge.
NRA’s head lobbyist Chris Cox turned to Twitter on Friday to reaffirm Trump’s commitment to a pro-gun agenda. Cox said he “had a great meeting” with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, who both “support the Second Amendment, support due process and don’t want gun control.”
Trump echoed that sentiment on Friday when he also tweeted: “Good (Great) meeting in the Oval Office tonight with the NRA!”
Trump’s comments came as he spoke to a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week in which they discussed solutions for preventing future mass shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead and 15 injured.
Besides excusing due process in the name of public safety, Trump also advocated for strengthening background checks, raising the age for buying long guns to 21, and even suggested he’d be willing to buck the NRA to pass

Source: Guns.com