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From May 2024:

As he seeks a second term, Trump has promised to remain an unflinching supporter of the NRA and its agenda to unravel four years of Biden’s actions on guns. Biden’s campaign has branded Trump “the greatest defender of the Second Amendment to ever occupy the White House.”

Trump’s speech was short on specifics about what he would do to protect or expand gun rights in a second term, but he promised to “roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment.” He sought to remind the friendly crowd of his administration’s accomplishments while arguing that another four years of Biden’s leadership would result in more firearms and gun owners being targeted.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I bet gun restrictions get a lot tighter at his rallies

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They were already tight, he doesn't trust his followers any more than we do.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

I mean, he's not wrong about that.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Just in cased anybody reading somehow hasn't seen it, he was shot today during a rally in PA.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

shot at

Bullet hit the teleprompter and shattered the screen which in turn hit his ear.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

4:21 PM PT -- A SOURCE WHO HAS SPOKEN WITH A MEMBER OF THE SECRET SERVICE TELL TMZ, TRUMP WAS NOT HIT BY A BULLET. RATHER, A BULLET HIT HIS TELEPROMPTER AND THE GLASS STRUCK HIM BY THE EAR.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Good add, though if someone hasn't heard yet, they must have just gotten home from their job at the bottom of the ocean.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

What about gun restrictions at nearby buildings?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This might be the only time in human history that I am against additional gun regulation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

TBH if Trump could get more moderate votes by wanting regulations, it wouldn't be worth the trade on other policies.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

"Take the guns first, go through due process second"

  • Donald Trump, Feb. 21 2018, in a discussion with lawmakers

https://time.com/5184160/trump-guns-due-process/?xid=homepage

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The irony fucking hurts right now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Not as much as his ear does

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

The NRA is becoming toothless. Us lib gunners already hated 'em and the rest are ambivalent at best. Best they got is helping with insurance on ranges where membership is required. OK, I refuse to go there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Did you expect Trump to find some sort of enlightenment? Come on now...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Has Biden taken any action? He's talked a lot about it but I'm not aware of any actual policy