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Election 2016
With 60 days to go before the election, the group has begun to pour money into races in Indiana and Wisconsin.
The gun group has spent $1.7 million to defeat Ted Strickland — more than it has on all other congressional races combined.
Gun Policy
The State Department simply clarified existing firearm manufacturing rules at the request of another organization, officials say.
And why the party's success in taking on the gun lobby still depends on where — and when — a candidate is running.
“We are on the cusp of losing this great American freedom,” Chris Cox says at the Republican National Convention.
History
Why Time and Newsweek refused to run the group's startling ad.
National Rifle Association
A new tool from Slate sifts through more than 25 years of the gun group’s expenditures.
The Gunfighters
The "gunshine" state's most fearsome lobbyist says there is never a valid reason to vote against the Second Amendment.
After the Orlando shooting, top NRA officials implied that guns and bars don’t mix. That’s not what the group's lobbyists have said.
Mass Shooting
After Orlando attacks, the group again declares that terrorists "are not deterred" by firearm restrictions.
Kay Hagan’s 2014 loss in North Carolina showed how far upstart gun violence prevention organizations may have to go to match the NRA when it spends big.
It is a tested tactic, but this time the gun lobbying group is at odds with some Republican supporters.
But cops aren’t so sure about the gun group.
Cue the ominous attack ads!
By peddling fear, the group makes safety technology a hard sell for members.