The Note: Trump on Guns

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. June 20, 2016 MORE POLITICS > Trump on Guns NRA Officials Say People Drinking at Clubs Shouldn't Be Armed The NRA's top lobbyist said no one should go into a nightclub "drinking and carrying firearms" when asked about Donald Trump's comments about whether armed club-goers may have prevented the Orlando nightclub shooting, and NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre echoed those remarks in a separate interview, according to ABC's QUINN OWEN. "What Donald Trump has said is what the American people know as common sense: If somebody had been there to stop this faster, fewer people would have died," Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, said on ABC's "This Week." When pressed, Cox said people drinking alcohol at a nightclub shouldn't be armed. "No one thinks that people should go into a nightclub drinking and carrying firearms," he said. "That defies common sense. It also defies the law." On CBS' "Face the Nation," LaPierre also said he doesn't think armed club-goers is a good idea. "I don't think you should have firearms where people are drinking," LaPierre said. http://abcn.ws/1Qe3ZGu READ MORE   Today's Tweet @realDonaldTrump: When I said that if, within the Orlando club, you had some people with guns, I was obviously talking about additional guards or employees Flashback -- Trump Says Armed Clubgoers Could Have Stopped Orlando Gunman Trump reiterated that the Orlando nightclub massacre might not have ended so tragically had clubgoers been armed, ABC's CANDACE SMITH reports. "If in that club, you had some people, not a lot of people...but if you had somebody with a gun strapped on to their hip, somebody with a gun strapped on to their ankle and you had bullets going in the opposite direction, right at this animal who did this, you would have had a very, very different result," Trump, who has called himself the protector of the Second Amendment, said Saturday at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. http://abcn.ws/1ZZqMWH READ MORE   Flashback II At a rally on Friday in Texas, the presumptive Republican nominee said: "If some of those wonderful people had guns strapped right here -- right to their waist or right to their ankle -- and one of the people in that room happened to have it and goes 'boom, boom,' you know, that would have been a beautiful sight folks." http://abcn.ws/1Qe3ZGu READ MORE   Analysis -- ABC's Rick Klein Will the Trump campaign start before his fellow Republicans get their chance to end it? All the focus on Muslim bans, the heritage of federal judges, and – most recently - gun laws have obscure a more fundamental reason for GOP worry about Donald Trump's prospects: He still does not have a fully running national campaign for president. Thirty paid campaign field staffers would be impressive distributed among Iowa's 99 counties. That number means almost nothing spread over 15 or so potential swing states. Hillary Clinton's campaign is spending eight figures in an initial battleground buy. Trump is so loath to tap his personal fortune for the general election that the comparable number on his side is zero. It still might be possible that Trump turns his campaign messaging around for the general election. But the impact of any such shift would be muted if he doesn't have a campaign behind him to execute. Trump: Those With 'Even an Inclination Toward Terrorism' Shouldn't Buy Guns Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is reaffirming his stance on potentially restricting individuals on the terror watch list from being able to purchase firearms, a week after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. "We have to make sure that people that are terrorists or have even an inclination toward terrorism cannot buy weapons, guns," Trump told ABC's JONATHAN KARL in an interview Sunday on "This Week." Asked by Karl if his position is that those on the no-fly or terror watch list should not be able to purchase a gun, ABC's NICKI ROSSOLL notes, Trump responded, "I'd like to see that, and I'd like to say it. And it's simpler. It's just simpler." http://abcn.ws/264febE READ MORE   Trump: US Should 'Seriously' Consider Profiling Muslims Trump also said Sunday that we should "start thinking about" profiling in order to prevent events like the mass shooting in Orlando, ABC's CORINNE CATHCART notes. In an interview with John Dickerson on CBS's "Face The Nation," the GOP presidential candidate said the profiling of Muslims in America is something that should be considered "seriously." "Well, I think profiling is something that we're going to have to start thinking about as a country," he said, adding that countries like Israel had used the tactic successfully. http://abcn.ws/1Oxarrs READ MORE   1,000 People Dial in to Conference Call to Unbind GOP Delegates Organizers say more than 1,000 people, including GOP delegates, alternates and other supporters, dialed in for a conference call last night to hammer out details for a last-ditch, sweeping rules change that would unbind delegates at the Republican National Convention and deny Donald Trump the presidential nomination, ABC's ALANA ABRAMSON, RYAN STRUYK and KATHERINE FAULDERS report. This was the group's second conference call in four days, following a Thursday night call with about three dozen delegates. This effort is spearheaded by two Colorado delegates. Speakers on the call encouraged participants to start "traditional grass roots campaigning" for the idea of unbinding delegates, calling for delegates to send information from their home states and for participants to write letters to the editor and call in to talk radio. "We're not promoting a single candidate," said Steve Lonegan, who is heading up a Super PAC supporting the effort. "This is about allowing the delegates to do the job they're elected to do." http://abcn.ws/1Y3qzEE READ MORE   FOLLOW ABC NEWS You Might Like This email was sent to bamsdum.xiomi@blogger.com Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. Newsletter Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter "Political Unit: The Note" at this email address, you may click here to unsubscribe. Add me to the ABC News Do Not Email List This email contains an advertisement from ABCNews, 7 WEST 66th Street, New York, NY 10023. 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