Trump told governors gathered in D.C. that he would take action to ban the sale of bump stocks without Congress, and said it's «OK» to push back against the NRA «every once as a while,» as the powerful gun lobbying group fights calls to enact stricter gun control laws after the shooting. (nystateofpolitics.com)
It's a contentious issue, and one that many feel is complicated by the heavy spending the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other gun lobby groups invest in political races. (fortune.com)
And Trump has often played into the powerful gun lobby group's conceit that any reform of gun laws is a slippery slope that will inevitably lead to the total withdrawal of the right to bear arms. (edition.cnn.com)