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A ‘bizarro world’: How Trump’s words have scrambled America’s gun politics
Trump’s changing gun views have weakened the NRA’s influence, with the group spending $10 million in 2024 compared to $50 million in 2016, amid internal conflicts and scandals.
- Last week, President Donald Trump said Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti should not have had a gun, putting gun groups on the defensive, as gun-rights advocates rebuked him.
- The NRA’s spending dropped from $50 million in 2016 to $10 million in 2024, amid scandals and leadership changes, weakening its influence.
- The Trump administration reversed Biden-era gun regulations, proposed merging the ATF into the DEA, and deployed dozens of ATF agents in Washington, D.C., showing policy shifts.
- A White House official said the administration contacted the NRA, and Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said Trump supports the Second Amendment, after objections from gun-rights groups.
- Despite fragmentation, advisers note the NRA has diminished, while groups like the National Sportsman Shooting Foundation and Gun Owners of America grow in credibility and influence, especially among the MAGA base.
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By Jeremy Herb and Kristen Holmes, CNN - In the aftermath of a horrific shooting that shocked the nation, President Donald Trump sharply broke with gun rights groups in off-the-cuff remarks: “First take the guns away, then follow due process,” Trump said during a televised meeting with lawmakers. That was nearly eight years ago, following a 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman killed 17 people. Trump then prop…
·Idaho Falls, United States
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A ‘bizarro world’: How Trump’s words have scrambled America’s gun politics
In the wake of a horrific shooting that shocked the nation, President Donald Trump starkly broke with pro-gun groups in off-the-cuff remarks: “Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said during a televised meeting with lawmakers.
·Atlanta, United States
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