Gun lobby cries betrayal as Trump flirts with control
Attempts to change gun legislation will be difficult due to president's backing by NRA, writes Richard Lardner
As US President Donald Trump talked last week about banning "bump stocks" and curbing young people's access to guns, the gun owners and advocates who helped propel his political rise talked about desertion and betrayal.
Trump's flirtation with a set of modest gun control measures drew swift condemnation from gun groups, hunters and sportsmen who banked on the president to be a stalwart opponent to any new gun restrictions. In his pledge to make schools safer and curb gun violence after the massacre at a Florida high school, gun advocates see a weakening resolve from the man they spent millions on to elect.
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