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How the NRA Undermined Congress’ Last Push for Gun Control

By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica —

The NRA has already begun to lobby on Capitol Hill to counter the Obama administration’s sweeping gun control proposals. To get a sense of what the the gun lobby group might do, it’s helpful to look at how it scored a victory during the last major federal initiative to tighten gun control.