Gun rights v gun control: how each group spends its money – interactive
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Types of spending
- Contributions
- Lobbying
- Outside spending
- Total
Contributions
Money from an organization's employees, their family, or the organization's own PAC to a political candidate. These donations have a cap.
$1,713,984
$3,018
Gun rights groups
$1,061,710National Rifle Association
$358,485Safari Club International
$166,900National Shooting Sports Foundation
$53,000National Association for Gun Rights
$51,889Gun Owners of America
$22,000Ohio Gun Collectors Association
Gun control groups
$3,018Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Lobbying, 2011-2012
Spending on firms to lobby for the organization’s issues.
$9,309,869
$420,000
Gun rights groups
$5,110,000National Rifle Association
$1,605,420Gun Owners of America
$1,164,449Citizens Committee for the Right to Bear Arms
$820,000National Shooting Sports Foundation
$450,000Safari Club International
$160,000Boone & Crockett Club
Gun control groups
$350,000Mayors Against Illegal Guns
$70,000Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Outside Spending
Money contributed by an organization, its employees, or employee's families to an outside spending group such as a super PAC.
Outside spending groups also include 501(c)(4) organizations which are not required to disclose donors publicly. For this reason, these figures may not reflect total outside spending contributions.
$19,634,906
$0
Gun rights groups
$18,896,442National Rifle Association
$598,127Safari Club International
$89,097Gun Owners of America
$51,240National Shooting Sports Foundation
Total
Spending on contributions, lobbying and outside spending.
$30,658,759
$423,018
Gun rights groups
$25,068,152National Rifle Association
$1,746,406Gun Owners of America
$1,406,612Safari Club International
$1,164,449Citizens Committee for the Right to Bear Arms
$1,038,140National Shotting Sports Foundation
$160,000Boone & Crockett Club
$53,000National Association for Gun Rights
$22,000Ohio Gun Collectors Association
Gun control groups
$350,000Mayors Against Illegal Guns
$73,018Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence