NRA endorses Trump

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has endorsed Donald Trump for president.

NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox announced the endorsement Friday during the gun lobby’s annual conference in Louisville, Ky.

{mosads}The NRA told supporters Trump is the only remaining presidential candidate who will defend their Second Amendment rights, and urged skeptical Republicans who supported other candidates during the primaries to rally around him.

NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre railed against Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, saying that if she wins the presidency, “we’ll all be kissing our Second Amendment freedoms goodbye.”

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, spoke moments after the endorsement, pledging to protect gun rights.

“Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment so we’re not going to let that happen,” Trump said.

– Updated at 2:46 p.m.