The Latest: Texas governor speaks to NRA members
DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the annual meeting in Dallas of the National Rifle Association (all times local):3:45 p.m.
Elected officials from Texas have joined President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in speaking to National Rifle Association members at the group's annual meeting.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott told the crowd Friday afternoon that the answer to gun violence is to strengthen gun rights under the Constitution's Second Amendment.
He also talked about Stephen Willeford, who grabbed his rifle and ran across the street to open fire on the gunman who slaughtered 26 people in a church in the small town of Sutherland Springs in November.
Willeford is an NRA member who has served as an instructor.