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National Rifle Association
"My conscience wasn't doing well," says Jay Dickey, who adds that he never intended his budget amendment to prohibit the CDC from studying firearm deaths and injuries.
Politics
As Democrats press their advantage on the issue, the GOP seeks a politically viable position.
John Suthers has an A-rating from the NRA — and the ire of a radical group trying to unseat him.
Community Violence
But the agency did it while avoiding actually studying guns' role in the violence it was researching — a line it is still at pains not to cross.
Background Checks
For leaders of the Republican party and the NRA, there’s no clear way to advocate for no compromises on homeland security and the Second Amendment at the same time.
Data
Only 29 percent believe the group represents their views on universal background checks — while a majority of Republican gun owners are more likely to vote for candidates who do.
Domestic Violence
The New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate says a bipartisan bill tightening gun surrender laws for abusers is redundant. But is it?
The Republican presidential hopeful's rhetoric on gun laws is an idiosyncratic mix of red meat and deviations from his party's script.
The 41st president’s iconoclastic brand of Republicanism led him to take a stand against the gun group's rhetoric of fear.
Here’s what we know (and don't know) about how Jeremy McPike did it.
How a local sheriff's race may have played spoiler.
The vote counts show a win for Democrats in the NRA's backyard and a key loss in Richmond. The bigger strategic lessons will have to wait.
Breaking down polls by party affiliation shows how GOPers' increasingly conservative views on gun laws drive the national split on a critical question.
The gun lobby only dropped the Florida Senator from an A rating to a B+, but the 2007 episode reveals just how much fealty it demands from the politicians it supports.
