Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — Last week, thousands of people gathered in the city to celebrate the Second Amendment and joined former President Trump during the NRA’s Great American Outdoors Show.
President Trump told a cheering crowd at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center on Friday night: “All of Biden’s attacks on gun owners and manufacturers have been devastating in my first week as president.” It will probably be over on the first day.”
Trump headlined the NRA Presidential Forum during the event, which highlighted his defense of the Second Amendment in battleground states. This speech marks the eighth time President Trump has addressed NRA members, the last time being in 2015. NRA’s Great American Outdoor Show is billed as the world’s largest outdoor show with more than 1,000 exhibitors in 650,000 square feet of exhibit space throughout the course. A look at the 9-day event.
The former president vowed that if re-elected, “nobody will ever lay a finger on your firearm.”
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Former President Trump speaks at an NRA event. (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
“I stand by the glorious words, ‘Thou shalt not be violated.'”
President Trump’s comments came after President Biden and Vice President Harris repeatedly vowed to “confront the NRA” and ban so-called assault weapons. The president has signed dozens of executive actions on gun control and the bipartisan Safer Communities Act over the past three years, but the group has fallen out of favor with the NRA for its broad language and failure to address violent crime. . .
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Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pennsylvania, said in an interview with Fox News Digital ahead of President Trump’s speech on Friday that Democrats “don’t understand these platforms” for gun control and are in fact “completely He said he was trying to achieve “government control.”
This view shows the audience at the NRA’s Great American Outdoors Show. (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
“Democrats…now openly say they’re trying to take away your ARs, and there’s even a candidate in Texas saying Joe Biden said we don’t need the right to have these weapons,” he said. Ta. “They don’t understand these platforms, but fundamentally they want the government to have complete control, and they don’t think individuals should have the right to own or possess firearms. So we always have to focus on the Second Amendment and fight to protect our rights. ”
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Trump won Pennsylvania in the 2016 election, but not in 2020. Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry told Fox News Digital that he expects former President Trump to make repeated visits to the state in the run-up to Election Day 2024, noting that gun owners will be key. Role in President Trump’s Potential Victory.
Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry spoke to FOX News Digital from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Fox News Digital)
“I think the president is going to spend a lot of time in Pennsylvania. It’s a battleground state. He needs to win in Pennsylvania to win nationally. He can win. He’s won in the past and so will we.” We’re going to welcome him. … There are a lot of gun owners in Pennsylvania. We understand where our rights come from and what protects them. So it’s our “It’s important to us,” Perry told FOX News Digital in an interview Friday night.
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The Pennsylvania Constitution states, “The right of the people to bear arms for the protection of themselves and the State shall not be questioned.” Perry told Fox News Digital that in Pennsylvania, “we believe in the Constitution.”
“The basis for a lot of what was done during the Revolutionary War happened in Pennsylvania,” Perry said. “So the Constitution, and more importantly, what’s in it, is really important to us. And of course, our rights are established by God and are enumerated in the Constitution. And they’re all part of the Second Amendment. Love the First Amendment, God bless you, the Fourth Amendment, God bless you, whatever. This document, its contents, and the freedoms you have. If you love the Second Amendment, go back to the Second Amendment because that’s what sustains it. That’s what it is. That’s what it means to us,” he said.
Audience members react during former President Trump’s speech at the NRA’s Great American Outdoor Show. (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Reschenthaler said the state constitution protecting the right to bear arms is “an amendment that protects every other amendment.”
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“Pennsylvania is solid.” [version] of the Second Amendment. For example, our Constitution says…the right to self-defense is not in question in Pennsylvania. So if you start there, you can understand where the framers of the Second Amendment stood and our right to keep and bear arms,” he said.
Mr. Reschenthaler represents Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District, which is located in southwestern Pennsylvania and includes areas such as Fayette, Greene, and Washington counties. The congressman said the Second Amendment is a top issue for voters amid rising crime trends.
Pennsylvania Congressman Guy Reschenthaler spoke to FOX News Digital during the NRA’s Great American Outdoors Show. (Fox News Digital)
“Having the right to bear and bear arms is so important in my district, especially with the rising crime rate. You know, it’s like walking around with your own private security. “It’s amazing how people want to tell you, ‘You don’t have the right to carry that,'” he said.
Perry called on all registered Republicans in the Keystone State to vote this election year to help start a national red wave.
“If everyone who is registered to vote is a Republican and everyone votes, we will easily win. That’s all that needs to happen. If you’re registered as a Republican, vote You have 50 days to stay in Pennsylvania.” There’s no reason, no excuse not to vote. If you care about your rights, if you care about your rights, vote for your country, your “If you care about your community, your safety, your family’s safety, your economy, your health, you need to vote,” he said.
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President Trump headed to South Carolina after the NRA speech. He will face former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in this month’s Republican primary. So far this primary season, Trump has won New Hampshire as well as the Iowa and Nevada caucuses.
