Gun Rights Groups Boost Lobbying 61% to Defeat New Restrictions
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Supporters of gun-owners’ rights spent almost $1.5 million during the first three months of this year -- a 61 percent increase over the same time last year -- to defeat Senate proposals restricting firearm purchases after the slaughter of 20 elementary school students in Connecticut.
Advocates of new gun legislation also boosted their lobbying spending by at least fivefold in the first quarter of 2013 compared with a year earlier. The Senate on April 17 failed to pass legislation expanding background checks for gun purchasers and a renewal of an assault weapons ban.