Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made comments Tuesday that were interpreted by some as encouraging gun owners to take action if Hillary Clinton is elected.
Speaking at a rally in Wilmington, N.C., Trump said Clinton “wants to abolish, to essentially abolish the Second Amendment.” He said that if Clinton becomes president, she could appoint judges who would leave Americans nearly helpless on this front.
“By the way, and if she gets to pick — if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Trump warned. “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”
After questions were raised about whether Trump was inciting gun owners to use their weapons against judges or a sitting president, his campaign released a statement rejecting the idea that he was suggesting any form of violence.
“It’s called the power of unification — 2nd Amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power. And this year, they will be voting in record numbers, and it won’t be for Hillary Clinton, it will be for Donald Trump.”
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