Pro-gun PACs spike spending 2,820% after fatal school shootings near Election Day, Stanford study finds

Pro-gun PACs spike spending 2,820% after fatal school shootings near Election Day, Stanford study finds

When a fatal school shooting occurs in a US congressional district, pro-gun political action committees respond by flooding the affected race with campaign cash — and if the shooting happens close to Election Day, the spending surge is staggering, according to new research from Stanford Law School. The study, published Monday in the Proceedings of The post Pro-gun PACs spike spending 2,820% after fatal school shootings near Election Day, Stanfor…