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Elections
With gun reforms stalled in Congress, several states are looking to tighten their gun laws through ballot initiatives this November.
The secretary of state, Jay Ashcroft, has presented many of this year’s gun reform initiatives as a threat to Second Amendment rights. His wording could sway voters.
Election 2016
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.
Gun Policy
From measures to expand background checks to campaigns that would establish (or ban) campus carry, these are the ballot initiative fights poised to shape gun policy in 2016 and beyond.
