ATLANTA – The Latest on the NRA’s annual convention (all times local):
3 p.m.
President Donald Trump has reaffirmed his support for gun rights, telling attendees of a National Rifle Association convention that “the eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end.”
Trump is the first sitting president to address the group’s annual convention in more than 30 years. He assured the audience he would defend their right to bear arms in a campaign-like speech reminiscent of his election rallies.
He says, “You have a true friend and champion in the White House.”