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National Rifle Association
The gun-rights organization had already followed many of the current and former GOP candidates.
After his recent anti-Semitic tirade, the NRA said board members speak for themselves. But for more than two decades Nugent has been one of its chief promoters.
Will any 2016 contenders join the growing chorus of gun enthusiasts calling for Nugent's removal from the NRA’s board?
Can you guess which one he picked?
“The NRA finds it necessary to call me 2 to 3 times a day asking that I donate more money," says one hunter.
C.J. Grisham questions Charles Cotton’s loyalty to the cause in the latest skirmish between insurgents and the gun rights establishment.
The seesawing numbers found in its 2014 New York state disclosure belie the group's image as a political juggernaut.
The group did champion the point-of-sale system we have now — but only because it hoped that pushing an immature technology would lead to the Brady Bill’s demise.
"My conscience wasn't doing well," says Jay Dickey, who adds that he never intended his budget amendment to prohibit the CDC from studying firearm deaths and injuries.
Data
Only 29 percent believe the group represents their views on universal background checks — while a majority of Republican gun owners are more likely to vote for candidates who do.
The gun lobby only dropped the Florida Senator from an A rating to a B+, but the 2007 episode reveals just how much fealty it demands from the politicians it supports.
Commentary
Only a small percentage of New Orleans's guns were collected by authorities, but that hasn't stopped the group's mythmakers.
“We discovered fishy things in a number of states," says muckraker behind Connecticut investigation.
Gun Policy
The Mental Health and Safe Communities Act would allow people who have been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital to purchase a gun immediately after their release.
“The establishment gun lobby supports gun control."
