A leader of the National Rifle Association has declared that President Donald Trump does not want gun control.

On Thursday, President Trump said he had a 'great' meeting at the White House with the gun lobby - one day after the president told lawmakers to take people's guns away and 'go through due process second.'

'Good (Great) meeting in the Oval Office tonight with the NRA!' Trump tweeted.

But Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, said that the president supports the Second Amendment and safe schools - but not gun control.

Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, tweeted that President Trump supports the Second Amendment and safe schools - but not gun control

On Thursday, President Trump said he had a 'great' meeting at the White House o with the gun lobby

'I had a great meeting tonight with @realDonaldTrump & @VP. We all want safe schools, mental health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people,' Cox tweeted.

'POTUS & VPOTUS support the Second Amendment, support strong due process and don't want gun control. #NRA #MAGA'

On Wednesday, the presidents stunned both Democrats and Republicans when he pushed for gun control measures on Wednesday.

During a televised hour-long sitdown with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders, the commander-in-chief appeared to back a bill proposed by Democratic Sen Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Sen Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

The bill, proposed in 2013 would expand background checks for weapons purchases. It was written in response to the 2012 massacre at the Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut but failed in the Senate due to intense Republican opposition.

At the same time, Trump also rejected the GOP's proposed Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow people with permits to carry guns across state lines.

It's a stark contrast from Wednesday - one day after the president (pictured, Thursday) told lawmakers to take people's guns away and 'go through due process second'

During a televised hour-long sitdown with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders, Trump (pictured, Wednesday) appeared to back a bill proposed by Democratic Sen Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Sen Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania

The NRA has faced mass criticism for its opposition to gun control in the days following last month's shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida (Pictured, Chris Cox, July 2016)

'I just don't think you're going to get it approved. Amy and Dianne and a lot of other people - they're never going to consider it,' he told House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La), referring to Democratic Sens Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Dianne Feinstein of California.

Trump also accused Toomey of being 'afraid' of the NRA while attempting to insist of his his own independence from the organization.

The NRA has faced mass criticism for its opposition to gun control in the days following last month's shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

The confessed gunman, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, legally obtained the AR-15 rifle allegedly used in the shooting spree that that left 17 students and faculty dead and 14 wounded.

At a CNN town hall last month, survivors from the shooting challenged NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch while questioning Florida Sen Marco Rubio (R) on his past contributions from such groups.

Trump suggested that the dynamics in Washington had changed since the shooting , a sentiment that the Democrats in the room on Wednesday readily appeared to embrace as they saw the president supporting their ideas.

'It would be so beautiful to have one bill that everyone could support,' . Trump said as Sen Feinstein, a longtime advocate of gun control, sat smiling to his left. 'It's time that a president stepped up.