Here's an article from Slate about the power of the NRA:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...emocrats_.html
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NRA members are as single-minded as the organization itself. Polls often show that more Americans favor tightening gun control laws than relaxing them, but gun rights advocates are much more likely to be single-issue voters than those on the other side of the question. As a result, the NRA can reliably deliver votes.
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Could explain some of it, but it is still a little strange, it's true. Of course, maybe politicians are just scared of being shot by them.