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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. [96] Gun control groups spent $2.2 million, with MAIG spending $1.7 million, and the Brady Campaign spending $250,000 in the same period. [97]
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. [1] [2] Most countries allow civilians to own firearms, but have strong firearms laws to prevent violence.
The Firearms Policy Coalition is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.Its legal team, FPC Law, bills itself as, "...the nation's first and largest public interest legal team focused on the right to keep and bear arms," and states that "the primary objective of our legal action programs is to bring cases that protect your rights and property, restore individual liberty, and help us achieve our ...
Under this system, the court reviews campaign finance laws under different types of scrutiny depending on what the law aims to restrict. Limits that affect campaign spending face the highest level ...
Trump's campaign told the NRA's magazine that he plans to appoint a pro-gun attorney general—responsible for overseeing much of the funding—"who will stop the weaponization of government ...
U.S. opinion on gun control issues is deeply divided along political lines, as shown in this 2021 survey. [ 55 ] With a stated goal of reducing crime and homicide, the Democratic Party has introduced various gun control measures, most notably the Gun Control Act of 1968 , the Brady Bill of 1993, and Crime Control Act of 1994.
Polling in Kansas and Missouri suggests strong support for gun measures including criminal and mental health background checks and requiring people to be 21 or older to purchase a gun.
A June 2022 ABC News/Ipsos poll found that 70% of Americans believed enacting new gun control laws was more important than protecting gun ownership rights. [43] Regarding the impending 2022 midterm elections , Gallup reported that 55% of voters said gun policy is "extremely important", while 8% of voters said that gun control was the country's ...