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Election 2016
Obama's executive actions are enemy number one.
The Manhattan businessman perfected the anti-establishment message the gun group had been honing for years.
Politics
Direct quotes from the Republican nominee on gun control, the Second Amendment, and the NRA.
Gun Policy
Project Exile was largely abandoned, but strict sentencing laws modeled after it are back in fashion.
Law
Duke constitutional law professor Darrell Miller explains "insurrectionist theory."
With the issue in the spotlight, here are the storylines to watch as the campaigns head into crunch time.
National Rifle Association
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.
It is a tested tactic, but this time the gun lobbying group is at odds with some Republican supporters.
Members of the gun group say they hoped to see the presumptive Republican presidential nominee prove his commitment to their cause. One of the NRA's top lobbyists says, "Get over it."
The editor of one influential website says he won't vote for him.