Although the gun rights lobby significantly outspends the gun control lobby, 2021 saw both interest groups spending record amounts. The gun rights lobby spent nearly 16 million U.S. dollars in 2021 while the gun control lobby spent nearly three million U.S. dollars. These numbers are a significant increase from 1998 when gun rights groups spent 4.5 million U.S. dollars and gun control groups spent a mere 160,000 U.S. dollars.
Funds spent on lobbying for gun control versus lobbying for gun rights in the United States from 1998 to 2022
(in U.S. dollars)
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