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 ** million U.S. dollars in 2021 while the gun control lobby spent nearly million U.S. dollars. These numbers are a significant increase from 1998 when gun rights groups spent *** million U.S. dollars and gun control groups spent a mere ** U.S. dollars.
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