President Trump Gives Speech at NRA Convention in Dallas

President Donald Trump told the National Rifle Association convention on Friday that his administration is fighting to protect their constitutional right to bear arms.

Trump told attendees in Dallas that they have an administration in Washington that is “fighting to protect your Second Amendment, and we will protect your Second Amendment.”

The president also said that their right to bear arms is “under siege.”

But he pledged that those rights “will never, ever be under siege as long as I’m your president.”

Trump did not elaborate on how the Second Amendment is under siege.

Trump says the only thing that has stood between the elimination of the Second Amendment has been conservatives in Congress "willing to fight for those rights."

He claimed that Democrats want to "outlaw guns" and says if the nation takes that step, it might as well ban all vans and trucks because they are the new form of death for "maniac terrorists."

The president then implored NRA members to help elect Republicans in the November elections.

Aboard Air Force One Friday on his way to the speech, Trump said, "The NRA is a truly great organization that loves this country. And we have a record crowd. You probably heard, the people are lined for a long distance."

This marks Trump's fourth visit to the annual meeting. Last year he became the first sitting president to address the convention in decades.

Before Trump spoke, Vice President Mike Pence touched on border security and building the wall, his pro-life stance, and a number of other issues.

"I couldn't be more proud to serve alongside a president who stands without apology for the sanctity of human life," Pence said.

(The Associated Press, CBS News contributed to this report.)