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Chris Cox 8:47 a.m. ET April 28, 2017

President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on April 26, 2017.(Photo: MIKE THEILER / POOL, EPA)

After eight long years, we once again havea president who respects and cherishes individual freedom. For Americas law-abiding gun owners, theTrump administrationis proving to beamongthe best in history. Soits important to take stock of all he has accomplished on behalf of the SecondAmendment inaveryshort time.

Thanks to President Trump,we are now back tohavinga 5-4pro-gunmajority on the U.S. Supreme Court. He appointed Jeff Sessionsas Attorney General,which means the Department of Justicewill return to focusing on prosecuting violent criminals instead oftargetinglaw-abiding gun owners.In Secretary of the Interior RyanZinke, Trump has appointed a man whois firmly committed to protecting hunting and shooting as priority uses on our public lands.In fact,Zinkerepealed one ofBarack Obamas most egregious anti-gun policieson his very first day on the job.

Ultimately, politicians are judged on whether they keep their promises. Forlaw-abidinggun owners, Trump has kept his promises, after running as the most pro-Second Amendment candidate in history.

Soonafter his inauguration, the president nominated NeilGorsuchto the Supreme Court.Justice Gorsuchbelieves in interpreting the law as the Framers intended. He will followthe example of Antonin Scalia,who wrote the majority opinion inthe most important Second Amendment decision inmodern history,District of Columbia v. Heller. That case reaffirmedthatthe Second Amendment protects the right of an individual to keep a firearm in their home for self-defense. Neil Gorsuch willprotect that right.

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Sessions will restore the rule of lawto the Justice Department. As our nations chief law enforcement officer,he willwork vigorously to respectindividual freedoms of American citizenswhile making our communities safer by cracking down on violent criminals.

Trump also made good on his promisewhen he nominated Zinketo lead the Interior Department.Zinke, aformer Navy Seal and avid outdoorsman, repealed theObama administration's ban on lead ammo on federal land on his first day in office.He knowsthat Americas sportsmen and women are critical toconservationandunderstands thatmanagementdecisions must recognize the importance of hunting, shooting, and other traditional uses on public lands.

Trump has also acted to protect the self-defense rightsof Social Security beneficiaries, repealing an eleventh-hour Obama rule that banned them.

For all he has accomplished, there is still a lot of work to do.Our fight is not over. But in Trump, we now have a president who trulybelieves in individual freedom.

Chris W. Cox is executive director of theNational Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action.

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Wednesday was the annual Second Amendment March in Lansing. Gun enthusiasts took to the Capitol for speeches and mass open-carrying of firearms.

According to the marchs website, they met for a, peaceful gathering to demonstrate the political strength of Michigans legal gun owners and Second Amendment advocates.

Dean Greenblatt is an attorney in Bloomfield Township. He represents Michigan Open Carry in several pending court cases.

Its just to get the message out that people are interested in securing their rights and letting other people know theyre here, theyre not going away, and theyre not going to be quiet, he said.

The Michigan legislature is currently pondering legislation that would allow for concealed pistol carry without a license. There are also plans for legislation to make registering firearms optional in the state.

Gun control advocates say increased regulations would reduce gun violence.

But Second Amendment enthusiasts like Kimberly Moshier from Oxford, say there are misconceptions about gun owners.

We do it because its our right and we want to protect ourselves and the ones we love, she said. And thats what it boils down to. Not everybody with a guns a bad guy.

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Today, President Trump became the first president since Ronald Reagan to speak to the National Rifle Association. His message was simple: The Obama era is over and gun owners now have a true friend in the White House. From NBC News:

The eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end, Trump told the members of the National Rifle Association, assuring them that they now have a true friend and champion in the White House.

I will never, ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms, Trump said. Never ever.

After a minutes long rehash of his election victory, Trump said, You came through for me and I am going to come through for you. No longer will the government be trying to undermine your rights and freedoms as Americans, Trump said.

As you may know, the Obama administration was actually a tremendous boon to the gun industry. President Obama was called the Gun-salesman-in-chief by some. From Forbes:

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for firearms manufacturers, reported that the total economic impact of the firearms and ammunition industry in the U.S. increased from $19.1 billion in 2008 to $49.3 billion in 2015. The NSSF also reported that, in that same time period, the total number of full-time jobs related to gun making in the U.S. rose from about 166,000 to almost 288,000.

That growth was based partly on concern that the Obama administration would restrict Second Amendment rights. But now that there is a true friend of the NRA in the Oval Office, gun sales (based on FBI background checks) appear to be slumping.

In addition to his discussion of the Second Amendment and gun rights, President Trump also renewed his promise to build a wall on the border with Mexico. We will build the wall no matter how low this number gets or how high this gets, Trump said. He was apparently referring to polling which shows the wall is not especially popular. Trump had requested initial funding for the wall in a bill to keep the government running past today but Democrats labeled it a poison pill and demanded the funding be dropped.

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Nicholas Madison 5:24 p.m. MT April 24, 2017

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I feel revulsion as I continue hearing politicians say they are pro-Second Amendment. As if to say unfettered gun ownership is a constitutional right.

The Second Amendment states, a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

I am quite certain that in our country citizen gun ownership is not well regulated. In the presence of regulations, people behave differently.

They are held to account when they fail to follow the regulations. So, please, spare me the pro-Second Amendment drivel unless you are going to include the entirety of the amendment and not just the part that helps get you elected.

My Second Amendment rights are being violated.

Nicholas Madison, Phoenix

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