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Mon Dec 17, 2012, 11:31 AM Dec 2012

Anti-Gun Control Groups Spent 19 Times As Much On Lobbying As Pro-Gun Control Groups This Year

Wondering why there's barely a peep out of Congress on this issue usually?

Last year, the NRA spent $2,205,000 lobbying Congress. The pro-gun control Brady Campaign spent $30,000. Michael Bloomberg’s pro-gun control Mayors Against Illegal Guns spent $150,000 and the anti-gun control Gun Owners of America spent $1,307,996 .

Altogether, pro-gun control groups spent $180,000 and were outspent 19-to-1 by anti-gun control groups, that spent $3,512,996.

Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/outgunned-anti-gun-control-groups-outspent-pro-gun-control-groups-19-to-1-this-year/
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