By John Odenthal
U.S. Senate candidate and current Congressman Roy Blunt received the NRA’s first senatorial endorsement of the election cycle at a press conference in Columbia on Friday.
An estimated 130 people attended the event held at arms distributor Midway USA’s Columbia warehouse. A number of high-ranking NRA officials gave statements, including Executive Vice President Wayne La Pierre, chief lobbyist Chris Cox and former Missouri governor Matt Blunt, Roy Blunt’s son and a member of the NRA’s board of directors. The conference was one of six the group is holding across the state.
“Through his entire career he has been a tremendous defender of Second Amendment rights,” said La Pierre. “It’s as easy an endorsement as it gets. He has a 100 percent voting record.”
The overarching theme of the conference was protecting constitutional rights. La Pierre stressed Blunt would resist the appointment of Supreme Court justices who use their seats to legislate if appointed. They also promised to fight anti-gun policies, which pleased the crowd.
Blunt also called for tighter fiscal policies, stating that two of the biggest issues the country faces are the lack of jobs in the private sector and high-spending by the federal government.
Blunt won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate earlier this year. He is running against Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, in addition to two third-party candidates.
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