The pro-gun lobbyists’ awe of a Clinton presidency – and a liberal supreme court – has outweighed any unease about Donald Trump’s prior support for gun controlTo boost Donald Trump’s prospects of fitting president,the National Rifle Association is poised to pour more than $15m into ads in several battleground states to defeat Hillary Clinton, the most vocal pro-gun-control presidential candidate in years, or according to an NRA board member.
The NRA has already plowed nearly $6.5m into TV spots in several key states bashing Clinton and one NRA board member told the Guardian that the pro-gun goliath will spend “multiples” of that figure by election day on the presidential contest. Related: Gun control activists at DC rally pledge to vote NRA supporters out of Congress Related: Trump to meet with NRA over barring guns for those on terrorism watch lists Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com