Gun control groups spend over $2 million on ads since shootings while NRA talks to Trump
Gun control advocacy groups have spent more than $2 million on digital and TV ads since the mass shootings weeks ago in California, Texas and Ohio that left more than 30 dead.
Demonstrators protest the visit of US President Donald Trump to the site of the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, on August 7, 2019.Gun control advocacy groups have dedicated more than $2 million on digital and TV ads, widely outspending the National Rifle Association, since the mass shootings weeks ago in California, Texas and Ohio that left more than 30 dead.
"There is not a response from them to counter the overwhelming push from the American people, politicians and activists on this issue," said Andrew Patrick, media director at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. "In the past, they get their lobbying going. Now they can call the president and he can prepare their talking points."
Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which is part of the Everytown group, says Senate lawmaker will have to listen or expect to face a tough re-election battles.
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