In the wake of this weekend's mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, Donald Trump says he will meet with the National Rifle Association to discuss how individuals on the nation's terror watch list get access to guns.
The NRA later responded on Twitter, saying it would "be happy to meet" with Trump and that its position is "no guns for terrorists - period."
Trump first mentioned the meeting Monday during a speech in New Hampshire. “I will be meeting with the NRA which has given me the earliest endorsement in a presidential race to discuss how to ensure Americans have the means to protect themselves in this age of terror. I will be always defending the Second Amendment,” Trump said.
This is not the first time Trump has suggested that individuals on the terror watch list should be banned from purchasing a gun.
"If somebody is on a watch list and an enemy of state and we know it's an enemy of state, I would keep them away, absolutely,” the presumptive Republican nominee said during an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos last November.
A month later in an interview with CBS News, Trump said he would “certainly look at that very hard."
However, in a GOP primary debate hosted by Fox News, Trump responded "No" when asked by moderator Maria Bartiromo if there are "any circumstances that you think we should be limiting gun sales of any kind in America?”
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