North Carolina Paper Digs Into NRA Spending, Ignores Gun Control Groups

By Cam Edwards

The Charlotte News-Observer is out with a new series investigating campaign spending and candidate donations by the NRA and the “gun lobby”, but for some reason the paper doesn’t seem all that interested in spending by gun control groups in the state.

The NRA spends millions of dollars every year to influence Congress, primarily Republicans, and lobbies for loose gun laws. But what about at the state level? The News & Observer researched campaign finance reports to find out how much influence the NRA has in the legislature.

Gun control advocates are now routinely outspending the NRA in elections around the country, but I have yet to see one news story talk about the “anti-gun lobby” buying influence. It’s strange how politicians who support the 2nd Amendment are routinely accused of being in the pocket of the gun lobby, yet politicians who get money from Everytown for Gun Safety or Moms Demand Action are just “standing up for commonsense gun safety regulations.” As one lawmaker pointed out to the News-Observer, there’s a good reason why many legislators in North Carolina are supportive of pro-2nd Amendment bills, and it has nothing to do with being bought by …Read the Rest

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