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Donald Trump has vowed to end the "eight year assault" on Americans' rights to bear arms, in the first speech delivered by a president to the National Rifle Association in more than three decades.

Mr Trump became the first president to address members of the country's most powerful gun lobby since Ronald Reagan in 1983, hoping to renew his standing among a conservative base wary after watching the President reverse course on a series of campaign promises.

"The eight-year assault on your Second-amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end," Mr Trump said, referring to the presidency of Barack Obama, his predecessor.

"I will never ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms."

"You have a true friend and champion in the White House," he said. "No longer will federal agencies come after law abiding gun owners.

"No longer will the government be trying to undermine your rights and freedoms as Americans. We want to assure you of the sacred right of defence for all our citizens."

For Mr Trump, the speech was a chance to return to the campaign-style rallies that he seemed to so enjoy during the election.

In the 1943 West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette Supreme Court decision, judges ruled that public school students cannot be compelled to stand during the pledge.

Hes gone into full mind lockdown and we are entertained by his seriatal clips where hes trying to sound cute.

We need people who actually can and will analyze and think about what is needs to be done

“I respect the importance of regulatory certainty for the business community.”

Apparently shes a gun toadie too.

It seems likely that for the foreseeable future, the political advantages to the right from using guns/2nd A as a wedge issue is so effective that they aren't going to drop it.

In our research, clear majorities favor “reducing the number of gun deaths” over “protecting” gun rights (59% vs. 41%). A significantly larger majority favor reducing gun deaths over “expanding” gun rights (75% vs. 25%), a phrase that more accurately frames the choice the public faces. Even gun-owning households fit this pattern. While two-thirds prioritize “protecting” rights, just 39% prioritize “expanding” rights.

Voters say more guns don’t make them feel safer

The public’s opposition to expanding gun rights is potentially related to another key finding: most people reject the claim that allowing more guns in public places would keep them safer. A majority say allowing more people to carry guns in public places like grocery stores, restaurants, sporting events would make them less safe (55%), while only 24% said it would make them feel safer. About a third of gun owners (32%) feel more guns would make them less safe.

Eight years to get a registry done...

In February 2017, Trump signed a bill that undid a regulation from Barack Obama’s presidency which said the Social Security Administration would have to report certain mentally ill recipients and people deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs to the national background check database, NBC reports. The Obama Administration said the rule would have added 75,000 names to the database.