NRA Celebrates Gun Control Defeat, Senators Face Backlash
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz and a parade of other possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates anchored the opening day of the National Rifle Association’s annual conference as they praised the lobby group for its efforts to defeat President Barack Obama’s gun legislation.
Pressure from NRA members derailed “what looked like an unstoppable freight train,” Cruz said yesterday, referring to measures such as expanded background checks for firearm purchases that stalled in the Senate last month.