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Congressional Candidates who received campaign money from the NRA -- click on arrows to sort the columns -- Candidate State House (H) or Senate (S) Party R=Republican D=Democrat Amount Election cycle Career totals (as of 2023) Notes Roy Blunt: MO S R $11,900 2016 - [14] [15] Barbara Comstock: VA H R $10,400 2016 - [14] Richard Burr: NC S R ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. American nonprofit organization For other uses, see National Rifle Association (disambiguation). National Rifle Association of America Headquarters in Fair Oaks, Virginia Founded November 17, 1871 ; 153 years ago (1871-11-17) Founder William Conant Church George Wood Wingate Founded at ...
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]
Since the NRA's founding in 1871, nine of the following 28 presidents were NRA members. Of those nine, eight were Republicans while one, President John F. Kennedy, was a Democrat. The first ...
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Although he voted for the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act, a bill supported by the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) that passed the Senate 79–15, Biden also authored the 1993 federal assault weapons ban, and is a longtime supporter of universal background checks, and received "F" ratings from the NRA while he was in Congress. [90]
'I think if you get into what businesses are pure and which are not pure, it is very difficult to make that call.'
Cox attended The Baylor School for grades 10–12, and is a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in History. Before his career at the NRA, Cox served as a congressional aide on legislative issues relating to hunting sports and gun ownership for U.S. Rep. John S. Tanner [D-TN8, 1989–2010].