Trump Meets With NRA, Reportedly Backtracks On Gun Control Comments

According to a lobbyist for the NRA, President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have reassured gun owners that they remain committed to “strong due process” and they “don’t want gun control.”

The meeting and alleged comments come shortly after the President sent Second Amendment (and Fifth Amendment for that matter) supporters into a tailspin over statements he made during a gun control meeting with lawmakers.

Trump stunned many observers saying, “Take the guns first, go through due process second.”

The NRA responded by ripping the President for his meeting which they said constituted “great TV,” but “bad policy.”

Chris Cox, a top lobbyist for the NRA, said his group had a great meeting in the White House. The executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action tweeted out that both Trump and Pence are firmly committed to supporting the Second Amendment, adding that they “support strong due process and don’t want gun control.”

One hour later, Trump tweeted his agreement that it was a “great meeting.”

An MSNBC contributor claims he spoke with a GOP lobbyist indicating President Trump had been privately reassuring the NRA that he is on their side – a tactic we acknowledged in a previous post.

“We understand that President Trump is trying to chide both sides into taking some sort of action, goading them into compromising on gun legislation,” the Political Insider reported. “But those comments about gun confiscation without due process are out of line.”

We’re glad to see the President backtrack on this matter. Now we can move on and try to attain real solutions to protect our children in schools.

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Rusty Weiss has been covering politics for over 15 years. His writings have appeared in the Daily Caller, Fox... More about Rusty Weiss

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