ATF Documents Show How Traffickers Exploit Lax Sellers and Weak Laws
Smugglers who run weapons across the southern border are loyal customers.
News and notes on guns in America
NRA Membership Dues Tumbled Last Year
Experts say a $5 million loan from a related foundation may be a symptom of a cash crunch.
Tom Selleck Quits NRA Board
The “Three Men and a Baby” star stepped down in the middle of his fifth term as an NRA director.
No Shots Fired
In coercive control, men use guns to threaten, manipulate, and traumatize their intimate partners, without ever pulling a trigger.
NRA Campaign Spending Tracker
How much is the gun group pouring into your state? Dig into the data to find out.
Updated September 20, 2018
$3 million
Total Spending
226
Candidates Supported
41
States
Follow the NRA’s Spending on the 2018 Midterms, Down to the Last Dollar
Our NRA Campaign Spending Tracker analyzes FEC reports to show you exactly how much the group is putting behind its favored candidates.
The Unchecked Influence of NRA Lobbyist Marion Hammer
Florida Republicans have allowed the relentless pro-gun operator to become a de facto member of government.
The Mystery Firm That Has Become the NRA’s Top Election Consultant
Since 2014, the gun rights group has paid more than $60 million to a little known contractor for ads in must-win political races. Did it break campaign finance laws in the process?
Despite FEC Complaint, the NRA Is Still Using a Mystery Firm to Back Senate Candidates
The gun group's first big ad buy of the 2018 cycle was made through a company that, according to an election watchdog, exists only to circumvent campaign finance laws.
Photos of School Shooters Dominate Coverage, While Victims Go Overlooked
A new study of newspapers’ coverage of school shootings finds that images of suspects outnumber images of victims 16 to 1.
‘The Day I Have to Carry a Gun to Teach, I’m Done.’
Nine back-to-school stories from the age of the bulletproof backpack.
For the Second Time in Two Years, the NRA Will Raise Dues on Members
One month after complaining of "tens of millions of dollars" in losses in a court filing, the NRA is hiking member fees by 12 percent.
How to Keep Armed Militias Out of Your City
Experts on the militant far-right say state laws provide options, even when openly carried guns are permitted and communities are barred from setting their own firearm restrictions.
A Scrappy California Crime Lab Is Cracking More Gun Cases —Thanks to Technology Bigger Agencies Misuse
Propelled by a new, no-nonsense boss, Contra Costa County ditched the excuses that keep many law enforcement agencies from taking better advantage of a crime-fighting database called NIBIN.
A New Data Tool Chronicles the Shifting Murder Rates of American Cities
American Violence puts up-to-date data at the fingertips of researchers, journalists, and policymakers.