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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.
National Rifle Association
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."
John Cornyn's legislation incentivizes reporting of mental health records to the federal background check system. Critics say it could also allow some former mental patients to immediately buy firearms.
The almost-forgotten story of the Gekas amendment.
Domestic Violence
The powerful lobby is giving its tacit approval to measures banning guns from abusers.
Concealed Carry
Thirteen years after 9/11, why do passengers continue to stow guns in their carry-ons?
