NRA gun lobby backs Trump and takes aim at Clinton

The powerful US gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, has endorsed Donald Trump as he attempts to become the next president of the United States.

NRAENDORSESTRUMP “To get the endorsement [of the NRA</a>], believe me, is a fantastic honor" says <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">realDonaldTrumppic.twitter.com/1sm6Emfo1r

— TRUMP 2016 (Trump2016HQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/Trump2016HQ/status/733811812588654592">May 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b> The NRA vice-president Wayne LaPierre told an enthusiastic crowd that if Hillary Clinton becomes the next president "you can kiss your guns goodbye." <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NRA endorses Trump, as Trump says he&#39;ll get rid of gun free zones. <a href="https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC">KatyTurNBC reports now. #NBCNightlyNewspic.twitter.com/5wq23VkGw2— NBC Nightly News (NBCNightlyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/733788876104294400">May 20, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b> In his speech Trump suggested the right to bear arms could have prevented the recent Paris murders:"There wouldn't have been 130 people killed and hundreds of people lying in the hospital to this day. It might not have happened, because if they knew there where guns in the room it might not have happened. But if it did, you would have had bullets going in the opposite direction and believe me, the carnage would not have been the same, by any stretch of the imagination," said Trump. <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">realDonaldTrump will protect our 2nd amendment rights! #Trump#NRA. pic.twitter.com/RgKWTY7St0— fprunrrunr (FPrunrrunr) <a href="https://twitter.com/FPrunrrunr/status/729488648949895169">May 9, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b> Trump appears happy to woo the lobby despite many of his resorts and properties being gun free and the NRA is a willing partner: "The thing is, with Americans, all people, they feel the same, they're ready for change and everything and I feel like he's on the same page as we are, even if he's from upper class New York and I'm from Middlesboro. It's a different world but we all feel the same," said one man. <b></b> Women also back Trump: "Well he was fantastic as always, he brought all the good points that I think the American people want to life and he wants to do the right thing for us for once. It's finally a time where somebody stands with the American people and not with the party." <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash">#Trump</a>: Lifelong opponent 2 guns - became <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA">NRA member 2015
He will say anything FlipFlop – Lie – whatever cspanwj</a> <a href="https://t.co/sYlfYsWOpX">pic.twitter.com/sYlfYsWOpX</a></p>&mdash; Maverick™ (spooney35) May 21, 2016

Hillary Clinton is a fierce critic of the US gun obsession and has vowed to appoint supreme court justices to overturn the law that allows Americans the right to bear arms for self-defence.