After meeting with presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday, the National Rifle Association has announced that anyone on the terrorism watch list who attempts to purchase a gun should have the sale delayed and be investigated by the FBI. In the past, the NRA has been firmly against such measures, claiming its objective is "to ensure that Americans who are wrongly on the list are afforded their constitutional right to due process." The organization did add, however, that going forward, "due process protections" should be put in place so people who believe they have wrongly been placed on the watch list can be removed.
Following the Orlando nightclub shooting Sunday, which left 49 people dead, Trump declared he would meet with the NRA about "not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns." The NRA endorsed Trump earlier this year.
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