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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

News Alert: Hobbled NRA shows strength with Trump

 
 
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Hobbled NRA shows strength with Trump
The National Rifle Association (NRA) may be down but it’s not out — and the group appears to have been successful in lobbying the most important player in the gun control debate.

After saying earlier this month that he wants “very meaningful background checks” on gun purchasers, President Trump has since changed his tune. He argued Tuesday that the U.S. already has “very strong background checks” and that officials need to be wary of a potential “slippery slope” where “everything gets taken away.”

Democrats attribute that shift, and the language he used, to the work of the NRA.
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