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How Powerful is the NRA? Even Gun Manufacturers Fear the Lobby in Washington

3,469 views · Published 3 April 2013 · 2:25 · Indexed 17 October 2026

Channel: Democracy Now! · 2013 · News & Politics

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Watch the full interview with Paul Barrett on Democracy Now! at http://owl.li/jHS46. Paul Barrett, the assistant managing editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, and author of "Glock: The Rise of America's Gun," discusses his recent article showing that far from controlling the National Rifle Association, the nation's gun manufacturers are often afraid to take it on. "In the politics of firearms, it is the lobbying organization in Washington that calls the shots," Barrett says.

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