article_snippet.sent: In the annual meeting that attracts more than 70,000 people, CEO Wayne LaPierre celebrated the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate as evidence of the group's political clout.
article_snippet.sent: The National Rifle Association members hold hands during the opening prayer at the annual meeting of members at the NRA convention Saturday April 11 in Nashville, Tennessee .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, a few hundred the NRA protesters gathered in a park along the nearby Cumberland River.
article_snippet.sent: On Friday, NRA hosted a series of speeches from potential Republican presidential candidates, including former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida; Govs.
article_snippet.sent: Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana; Sen. Ted Cruz and former Gov. Rick Perry of Texas; former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas; Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina; and neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
highlights_snippet.sent: 70,000 people gathered in Nashville for the annual convention .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Leaders celebrated the Republican majority in the U.S. Congress .
  