As Republican nominee Donald Trump's latest controversial comments have once again landed him in hot water, the National Rifle Association has bought a $3 million ad attacking Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as a hypocrite, Politico reports.

This marks the biggest single ad buy for Trump recently and comes at a time when some of the Republican Party's most reliable donors, supporters and elected officials have ditched the GOP nominee in response to his statements and behavior during the campaign.

This shows the extent to which the NRA has determined that it must stop Clinton from winning the White House, especially since the next president will most likely have several Supreme Court appointments to make that they fear could chip away at the Second Amendment right to bear arms, Politico reports.

The new ad depicts Clinton as someone out of touch with the dangers ordinary people face as she is protected by armed government agents at the same time she wants to deprive regular citizens of the right to defend themselves against violence.

The ad is being broadcast in the key states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nevada and North Carolina.

The NRA also jumped to Trump's defense after he was criticized for saying at a rally that "Hillary wants to essentially abolish, the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don't know."

Although this was depicted by many Democrats and a few Republicans as a call to violence, the NRA issued a tweet in which backed up the explanation by Trump for what he meant.

But there IS something we will do on #ElectionDay: Show up and vote for the #2A! #DefendtheSecond #NeverHillary — NRA (@NRA) August 9, 2016

Altogether, there was plenty of harsh comments in the media against Trump's comments, including a call by the New York Daily News for him to halt his presidential campaign or be forced to do so, because the paper said his remarks were so out of line and dangerous.

But Trump also received some support from a surprising source, The Washington Post.

The Post said that the opinion of Democrats and analysts that Trump had hinted for violence against Clinton was not the feeling of those at the event and that, aside from Democrats trying to score political points, the criticism from most others was relative mild, according to the paper.