IN Focus: Trump, Pence headline NRA convention in Indianapolis

Please enable Javascript to watch this video INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visited Indianapolis Friday to address the National Rifle Association. Both delivered remarks at the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum. This is the third straight year the president has delivered the keynote address at the forum, which was scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium. Pence arrived at Indianapolis International Airport around 9:50 a.m. The president was expected to arrive at 10:50 a.m. but was running behind and landed at 11:08 a.m. Pence delivered remarks to the NRA before Trump took the stage for his keynote. The speeches were pushed back a few minutes because of the president’s late arrival. Pence spoke first, expressing his appreciation for the NRA and its members. “Our forebears fought our nation’s wars, defending our way of life with the skills they learned on the rifle range in a deer stand at the knee of a father, a mother or a grandparent back home,” he said. “In our own day there are no greater champions of America’s tradition of responsible gun ownership than all of you and the 5 million proud men and women of the NRA.” He told the group he and President Trump stood with them and the Second Amendment. “Under this president and this vice president, no one is taking your guns,” he said. “I’m here today to tell you that we are with you. President Trump and I are with the NRA today and tomorrow and always because the National Rifle Association stands for freedom,” Pence told the crowd. “Nowhere is this ongoing struggle for freedom visible everyday than in the struggle to defend the Second Amendment, firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens don’t threaten our families, they protect

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