President Trump Tells NRA Crowd, ‘I am with you’

President Trump took the stage at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum today to thunderous applause. He used much of his speech to the thousands gathered in the Lucas Oil Stadium to tout the latest economic results — the economy grew at a rate of 3.2% in the first quarter — and claim that his administration is draining the swamp “faster than anyone ever expected.” He also talked up the border wall and criticized the now-concluded Russia collusion investigation.

Regarding guns, the President pledged not to sign new gun control legislation currently being considered in Congress, noting that “when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.”

He pledged to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens and fight violent crime, putting dangerous offenders behind bars. He noted that violent crime in the US is down, claiming that murders in America’s largest cities dropped 6% in the nation’s largest cities from 2017 to 2018 (and wondered, “What’s wrong with Chicago?). During the same period, he said, 21% fewer law enforcement officers were shot.