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Law
Several favor ending firearms restrictions for the mentally ill, abusers, and on college campuses, but a few of the president elect's other selections have more ambiguous Second Amendment views.
Gun Policy
The president-elect can chip away at restrictions, but he won’t possess the unilateral power he imagined as a candidate.
Election 2016
Obama's executive actions are enemy number one.
National Rifle Association
If he's tapped by Trump for a top post, will the gun lobby hold him to the standards it used to fight Obama’s nominees?
The Manhattan businessman perfected the anti-establishment message the gun group had been honing for years.
Background Checks
Private transactions, exceedingly slow reviews, and laws that don’t recognize the threat from abusers all pose steep challenges to keeping firearms away from people who can’t legally possess them.
Election results mark a continuation of the group's impressive success rate when making large investments on candidates.
The NRA spent record sums to get its desired White House and Senate outcomes, but was bested by gun violence prevention groups in the cycle's most expensive ballot initiative fight.
At Top Guns in Terre Haute, Indiana, customers are “purchasing items they’re hoping will be grandfathered in,” the store’s manager said.
Community Violence
Data does not support a talking point that’s become popular during the 2016 campaign.