In 2021, gun rights supporters spent around $15.8 million in lobbying.
Money in support of gun control is meager in comparison: It saw an increase in 2012, from $250,00 to approximately $2.2 million in 2013 and has remained steady at over $2 million, topping out at $2.9 million in 2021."[D]espite highly publicized mass shootings, no gun control measures ... have made it into law," per OpenSecrets.
to pass gun control legislation and Republicans do not support gun control bills. Republicans also receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct campaign contributions from gun rights supporters.
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