Senior Republicans’ claims at NRA rally called into question

Former president Donald Trump speaks during the Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas (AP)

Senior Republicans including former US president Donald Trump have addressed the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Texas – the same state which saw 19 children and two adults killed by a teenage gunman at an elementary school this week.

Some of the claims made at the convention by Mr Trump and Texas senator Ted Cruz over gun and crime statistics in the United States were distorted, and some were simply false.