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Politics
The vote counts show a win for Democrats in the NRA's backyard and a key loss in Richmond. The bigger strategic lessons will have to wait.
Data
Breaking down polls by party affiliation shows how GOPers' increasingly conservative views on gun laws drive the national split on a critical question.
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.
National Rifle Association
Mining recent voting data for an assessment of the gun lobby's current potency at turning out votes.
Strategists will look for turnout lessons in four Virginia state races.
Candidates vie to prove their gun reform bona fides as the party seizes an issue it believes it can win on.
Four things that convinced party leaders that gun reform has become a winning issue.
The Democratic presidential contender says he backed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to shield Vermont gun shops from crushing lawsuits. According to legal experts, there was a less noble agenda behind the bill.
Gun Policy
The new National Defense Authorization Act also affirms the value of background checks for surplus military pistols.
Hillary Clinton's gun platform would treat such high-volume sellers as "engaged in the business" — and use an executive action to make them part of the background check system.
Plus other new arguments and ideas of note as coverage of the Oregon college shooting progresses.
A state preemption statute was supposed to thwart strong local gun ordinances, but its language might just let Missoula get its way.
A very close reading of "Donald J. Trump on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms"
Even in an election cycle marked by hot-button antics, the group's positions and rhetoric are notably high-proof.