Washington, May 27 (UNI) Defying criticism, the National Rifle Association(NRA), the US gun lobby group, announced on Friday that it will hold its annual convention in the state of Texas, just days after a horrific school shooting in the state killed 19 children and two teachers, Khaleej Times reported.
The meeting will be held in Houston, which is just a few hours drive east of the elementary school in the small town of Uvalde where an 18-year-old gunman carried out the massacre on Tuesday with an assault rifle.
Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that he will be attending the NRA meeting, saying that the United States “needs real solutions and real leadership in this time, not politicians and partisan considerations.”