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With the U.S. Senate majority at stake, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is pumping record amounts of money into races across the country, according to Reuters on Friday. The news agency reports that the NRA " is on track for record spending this year on U.S. political campaigns," having already spent $23.4 million in this election cycle...
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Blood on America's tracks, and more evidence it leads right to grisly profits. To wit: The NRA paid nine lawmakers over $22 million to leave them alone; gun manufacturers admit Newtown's small bodies and other slaughters have helped gun sales and profits - cue a cursory “obviously we are all shocked” but they “respond to market pressures” - and now the Shopping Channel's new Gun TV will sell more. But not to worry: Every hour of hawking guns will include three minutes of safety training.
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