Federal Campaign Contributions

$3.13 million Total amount of top campaign contributions by gun rights interest groups in 2012

96 Percent of the above figure donated to Republicans

$1.1 million Total campaign contributions by the National Rifle Association, the nation's largest gun rights group, in 2012

89 Percent of the above figure donated to Republicans

$4,036 Total campaign contributions by gun control interest groups in 2012

100 Percent of the above figure donated to Democrats

$581,394 Largest-ever total of campaign contributions from the gun control lobby (in 2000)

Independent Expenditures Defined by the Federal Election Commission as an advertisement "expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate")

$18.2 million NRA's reported independent expenditures in the 2012 election cycle

$11.4 million How much the NRA spent against all Democratic candidates in 2012

