Trump, Pence hold private meeting with NRA

On the other, Trump, in a meeting with members of Congress on Wednesday, repeatedly pushed for a broad and comprehensive package of gun reforms – many of which the NRA opposes.

Still, it was unclear whether the Republican-controlled Congress would follow Trump’s lead or which plan lawmakers would support.

Toomey said Thursday that Trump called him to express support for the background checks bill “as the core legislative vehicle” for what Congress does on guns. The Entertainment Software Association, a trade group that represents the video game industry, said Friday the group and its members had not been invited. “We have to stop this nonsense”.

“Today we saw the president give his support to numerous policies that we have long advocated for, including background checks on every gun sale and extreme risk protection orders”, Peter Ambler, Giffords executive director, said.

But if the NRA is concerned that Mr. Trump might turn on them, they’re certainly not showing it.

The move may signal that Trump has already taken an abrupt about-face from his own proposals to widely expand gun control legislation, including the adoption of more stringent background checks on some weapon purchases and the restriction of firearm purchase for some young people. He also wants to get rid of bump fire stocks, which he has promised to do via executive order.

“Take the guns first, go through due process second”. “Can you add what Amy and [Democratic Senator] Dianne [Feinstein] have?”

The Senate has been unable to untangle objections to a modest, relatively noncontroversial bill meant to improve the system for providing information to a federal background-check database. On the campaign trail, Trump called out Hillary Clinton for saying he supports arming teachers, tweeting, “Crooked Hillary said that I want guns brought into the school classroom”.

Mr Trump’s push came as a major United States sporting store also defied the NRA.

His willingness to push back against NRA power at Wednesday’s meeting would have been laudable if not for his freaky interpretation of constitutional due process.

Pressure has intensified on lawmakers to tighten gun regulations after the US’s latest school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which cost 17 lives.

Toomey and Manchin responded that their bill didn’t address the age to purchase a rifle.

“Not every Republican is going to vote for this”, Schumer said.

“We believe that it is the job of companies that manufacture and sell guns and ammunition to work towards common sense solutions that prevent the type of violence that happened in Florida last month”, according to the statement.

“But it could have been”.

Families of the teen survivors of the second-deadliest shooting at a USA public school gathered outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday to support the students returning to the place 17 people were massacred two weeks ago.

That was where the students were in their day when a 19-year-old man who had been kicked out of the school is accused of beginning his rampage. “But that’s something he would support”, Huckabee Sanders said.