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A top official with the National Rifle Association affirmed that Donald Trump and the group hold the same policy position on gun control.

On ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox said that recent comments from the presumptive Republican nominee, whom the NRA has endorsed, are in line with the group's own platform on gun control.

"There is not a difference between what Mr. Trump is saying and what the NRA's position is," said Cox. "That's a media-created diversion."

Last week, Trump tweeted: "I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns."

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