Jeb Bush is continuing to paint himself as the Republican candidate for president best poised to lead and rebuild the American military.

Speaking to more than 100 employees at FN America’s Columbia, South Carolina gun manufacturing facility Tuesday, Bush said that his executive experience as governor, particularly leading and deploying Florida’s National Guard, gives him the skillset needed to manage the country’s armed forces and also help support them when they return home as veterans.

Bush’s comments Tuesday focused heavily on gun rights. He also addressed the Supreme Court vacancy following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia Saturday, saying that he would choose someone who like Scalia was a “lover of liberty.”

(AP)