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National Rifle Association
Advocacy Group · Firearms & Ammunition
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The National Rifle Association is a U.S. gun-rights organization and one of the country's most prominent firearms lobbies. Founded in 1871, it advocates against firearms restrictions and spends on federal elections through its NRA Political Victory Fund and its lobbying arm, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action.
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Trump tax law scraps the 1934 levy on silencers and short-barrel guns
Firearms & Ammunition sector — The firearms industry — makers and dealers of silencers, short-barreled rifles and shotguns — benefits from the elimination of the $200 federal tax that had applied to these products since 1934, a change critics estimated as a $1.7 billion boost to gun sales.
NRA spends record $30.3M to elect Trump in 2016
Spent $30.3 million in independent expenditures supporting Trump's 2016 campaign — more than any other outside group — and endorsed him again in 2024.