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In the days and weeks following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the National Rifle Association saw a significant spike in donations.

In fact, reports from the Federal Election Commission show donations to the NRA’s Political Victory Fund tripled from January to February.

In January, the NRA collected almost $248,000 in individual contributions. In February, they collected more than $779,000.

It’s no secret that interest in guns and gun sales — as evidenced by anecdotes and manufacturing numbers — have until recently gotten boosts from mass shootings. So it would stand to reason that donations to the NRA would get a bump as well.

Since the Parkland shooting happened in the middle of the month, one could argue the relationship between it and the spike in donations is hard to prove.

However, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political spending, tracked itemized contributions (donations of $200 or more by an individual) in the days before and after the shooting. According to their data, in the two weeks after the shooting, itemized contributions to the NRA doubled from the previous two weeks.

They also found the number of people contributing in the seven days after the shooting increased almost 500% from the week before. Full Story

NRA donations tripled after Parkland shooting

Donations to the National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund more than tripled in February, the same month that the mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, renewed the national gun-control debate and sparked fierce backlash against the gun-rights organization.

Reports from the Federal Election Commission showed that donations to the NRA’s Political Victory Fund tripled from $248,000 in January to more than $779,000 in February, CNN reported.

Further, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political spending, tracked itemized contributions before and after the Feb. 14 shooting and found that the NRA received twice as much money from nearly five times as many donors in the seven days after the shooting than it did in the seven days before.

“It’s unclear what caused the increase in February, whether it was NRA outreach or the president’s entertaining of new gun regulation,” the Center for Responsive Politics noted. Full Story

Donations to NRA tripled after Florida shooting

Contributions to the National Rifle Association’s political action committee tripled in February amid public attacks against the organization following the Feb. 14 high school shooting in Parkland, Fla.

Supporters of the Second Amendment donated about $779,000 in February to the NRA’s political arm, the Political Victory Fund, according to recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) data.

The figure marked a more than threefold increase compared to January when the PAC received nearly $250,000 in donations and was the fund’s second-best month over the last year.

The NRA has come under fire from gun control activists, who have criticized the group in the wake of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead. Full Story

Contributions to powerful gun lobby group the NRA increased significantly last month

In the wake of a mass shooting at a Florida high school. The data indicates that as student survivors of the shooting began mobilising a mass movement calling for stricter gun control laws, gun advocates took action in a different way.

In January, the NRA collected almost $248,000 (£176,800) in individual contributions. In February, the gun-rights lobbying group received more than $779,000 (£555,000).

The Political Victory Fund contributes money to gun-rights friendly candidates that the NRA has endorsed.

The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political spending, tracked donations of $200 or more by individuals in the days before and after the Parkland shooting.

In the two weeks following the attack on 14 February, such donations to the NRA doubled from the previous two weeks.Full Story

NRA donations tripled after Parkland shooting

In January, the NRA collected almost $248,000 in individual contributions. In February, they collected more than $779,000.

NRA donations tripled after Parkland shooting

Donations to NRA tripled after Florida shooting

Contributions to powerful gun lobby group the NRA increased significantly last month

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