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For instance, 84% of gun owners and 74% of NRA members (vs. 90% of non-gun owners) supported requiring a universal background-check system for all gun sales; 76% of gun owners and 62% of NRA members (vs. 83% of non-gun owners) supported prohibiting gun ownership for 10 years after a person has been convicted of violating a domestic-violence ...
Gun rights groups spent over $15.1 million lobbying in Washington D.C. in 2013, with the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) spending $6.7 million, and the NRA spending $3.4 million. [95] Gun control groups spent $2.2 million, with MAIG spending $1.7 million, and the Brady Campaign spending $250,000 in the same period.
This includes direct support payments, money spent to elect the candidate and also money used to campaign against the opposing candidate. Money, whether it be in the form of a payment (bribe) or for campaigning, effectively allows the organization to control what happens in Congress.
The new Massachusetts gun bill, named "An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws (H.4885)" aims to target untraceable "ghost guns," suspend the right to bear arms from people whose family members suspect ...
The National Rifle Association has publicly contradicted President Trump’s assertion that it would support a higher age limit for some gun purchases. NRA says it does not support raising gun age ...
A National Rifle Association lawyer acknowledged in court Tuesday that some former executives and outside vendors may have ripped off the influential gun rights group with lavish spending and self ...
The NRA-PVF was established in 1976 as an NRA subsidiary and registered as a political action committee (PAC). [4] The NRA-PVF operates a rating system for political candidates that assesses their support for gun-rights. It also helps its members locate an NRA Election Volunteer Coordinator (EVC) for their area and to register to vote. [5] [4] [6]
Race, Rights, and Rifles: The Origins of the NRA and Contemporary Gun Culture is a book by American author and academic Alexandra Filindra. [a] Published in 2023 by the University of Chicago Press, and part of its Chicago Studies in American Politics series, [1] the book explores the historical trajectory of American gun culture, tracing it back to the nation's founding era.