NRA Signals Trump Is Backing Off His Embrace of Gun-Control Measures
- NRA’s top lobbyist says Trump, Pence ‘don’t want gun control’
- Trump had backed steps such as raising buying age on Wednesday
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The National Rifle Association’s top lobbyist signaled after an Oval Office meeting late Thursday that President Donald Trump may be backpedaling from his support of gun-control measures in the wake of a Florida school shooting.
Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, the organization’s political and lobbying arm, indicated on Twitter after the meeting that Trump and Vice President Mike Pence oppose additional firearms restrictions.