Trump to discuss terrorism watch list, no fly ban with NRA

June 16, 2016 02:08

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said today that he will be meeting with the National Rifle Association to discuss ways to block people on terrorism watch lists or no fly lists from buying guns as

his party scrambles to respond in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in modern US history.

Trump announced the meeting with a tweet, writing "I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns." He did not provide any details on the time or place of the meeting and his campaign did not immediately respond to requests for further information.

The NRA, one of the nation's most powerful lobbying groups, responded in a statement.

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