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According to Gallup, gun ownership has surged dramatically among women, particularly among Republican women, where ownership jumped from 19 percent in 2007-2012 to 33 percent in 2019-2024.
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA of America) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. [5] [6] [b] Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent gun rights lobbying organization while continuing to teach firearm safety and competency.
A year before gun rights groups sued to stop California from collecting information on firearms ownership, the NRA's chief researcher acknowledged that its advocacy prevents accurate studies.
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.
The rise of gun control groups ahead of the 2018 midterms resulted in the NRA being outspent by its opponents for the first time. It retook the spending advantage in 2020, but with a sum ...
The career totals column includes all monies contributed from the NRA either directly or in an effort to elect or reelect the candidate. [12] This includes direct support payments, money spent to elect the candidate and also money used to campaign against the opposing candidate.
During the pandemic, gun and ammunition sales spiked dramatically in the United States — particularly among Black women, who have become the fastest growing group of gun owners in the country ...
After the Parkland shooting, there was an unprecedented upsurge of public support for gun control advocacy groups [3] and significant backlash against the NRA for its response to the shooting, having argued that schools required more armed security to protect against the possibility of future attacks, and its continued calls to preserving the right to own semi-automatic firearms, such as those ...