‘Our moment to go on offense’: NRA makes big plans for Trump presidency

For nearly a decade, the National Rifle Association has spurred its members with apocalyptic warnings that the Democratic president wanted to confiscate Americans’ guns.

Now, the NRA has won. The candidate the NRA backed with an unprecedented $30m in ad buys is heading to the White House. Republicans will control both houses of Congress. Donald Trump has pledged to nominate a supreme court justice who supports gun rights.

“This is our historic moment to go on offense,” NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre told members in a post-election video address.

 

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