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National Rifle Association Lobbying Efforts

This study will examine the National Rifle Association as a lobbying organization, focusing on its operations within the United States Congress.

The study will include consideration of the National Rifle Association itself, the relationship of the National Rifle Association with the Congress, how the National Rifle Association influences the decisions of the United States Congress with respect to gun-related and Second Amendment issues, the lobbying practices of the National Rifle Association, the role of the pressure of National Rifle Association constituents in influencing Congress in such issues, and past successes and possible loss of National Rifle Association power due to the inflexible positions taken by the Association in its efforts to "enforce" the provisions of the Second Amendment.

The National Rifle Association is clearly the most powerful pro-gun voice in the United States, and it is one of the most powerful lobbying forces in the history of the country with respect to any issue. As Elaine Landau writes in Armed America: The Status of Gun Control, the National Rifle Association, "comprised largely of hunters, sportsmen, and gun owners, stands firm in its belief that Americans have a constitutional right to own arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment. The NRA's President is Joe Foss, a former governor of South Dakota and a highly decorated World War II hero. He described the group's convictions this way: 'I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be armed. Period'" (Landau, 1991, p. 39).

The history of the National Rifle Association in the United States extends back to 1871. In that year the organization was founded by a number of former soldiers who participated in the Civil War on the side of the North. At that time, the issues which dominate the organization's concerns and efforts in Congress were not relevant, for the NRA in its early years was designed m...

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