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Does the gun you want cost too much? There's a loan for that
Apr 25, 2013
Not everyone has the cash upfront to buy a new gun. We look at the world of financing a firearm purchase.
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Other lobbyists look for lessons in NRA success
Apr 19, 2013
With defeat of gun control legislation, NRA strategies become the talk of other lobbyists.
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Are 'smart guns' ready for market?
Apr 19, 2013
Technology exists where only electronically recognized users can fire a gun, but are gun buyers interested?
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Online gun sales take off
Apr 17, 2013
Failure of efforts to require background checks casts spotlight on online gun sales.
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'NRA 500' NASCAR race ignites sponsorship controversy
Apr 12, 2013
This weekend, Texas Motor Speedway will host a NASCAR race -- and the name of the race is causing a bit of controversy. It's called the NRA 500, as in National Rifle Association.
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States and cities take gun laws into their own hands with tax plans
Apr 11, 2013
While Congress struggles with gun legislation in the wake of Newtown, states and municipalities are taking the lead, many with tax proposals
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Rhode Island Republicans want gun makers to set up shop
Apr 9, 2013
State Minority Leader Brian Newberry says gun manufacturing would bring well-paid jobs to Rhode Island's struggling economy.
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NRA's plan for school guards: Who, how much, and how trained
Apr 2, 2013
The NRA reveals its plans to protect schools from shooters like Adam Lanza. What are the plans? And who bears the costs?
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Men with guns in schools: Resource officers
Mar 14, 2013
One popular response to the school massacre in Connecticut was a call to put armed guards in all schools. Thousands of schools already have them.
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Gunmaker reports surge in sales -- before Newtown shooting
Feb 28, 2013
Sturm, Ruger said a 50 percent increase in sales was driven by President Obama's re-election campaign, when gun owners feared some guns would be harder, or impossible, to buy.
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"Gun and dollars" is Marketplace's coverage, launched in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., looking at the gun and firearm industry and the money on both sides of the debate.
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