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The Essential: The Inquiry: How Has the US Gun Lobby Been so Successful?

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27/01/2016 GMT

The Inquiry: How Has the US Gun Lobby Been so Successful?

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The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful organisations in the US

The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful organisations in the US.

In this excerpt from The Inquiry, Richard Feldman – president of the Independent Firearm Owners’ Association in the US, and a former lobbyist for the National Rifle Association – explains how the NRA lobbies US lawmakers.

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