‘Best president for gun owners’ Donald Trump to address National Rifle Association

Last year ended with 42 mass killings and 217 deaths, making it one of the deadliest years in the US on record

Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee (Abbie Parr/AP)

Former US president Donald Trump is expected to address thousands of members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in Texas.

Mr Trump has pledged to continue to defend the Second Amendment of the US Constitution and called himself “the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White House” as the country faces record numbers of deaths due to mass shootings.