> Still, I would take the renewable energy lobbyists above the gun lobbyists anytime! Gun lobbying in 2022: $13M [0] There’s no category for climate, so here’

> Still, I would take the renewable energy lobbyists above the gun lobbyists anytime! Gun lobbying in 2022: $13M [0] There’s no category for climate, so here’s a few (tldr gun lobbying sucks but it’s a drop on the bucket of the billions spent on lobbying). Sugar kills way more than guns every year (for example 88k deaths in 2019 [6] vs 40k gun deaths in 2019 [7] and sugar causes more than just diabetes) so the effect of lobbying is more than just hurting people with guns, it’s hurting people with physical and mental health issues. Single issue/ ideological: $194M [1] Energy: $359M [2] Cattle ranchers: $5M [3] Agribusiness: $166M [4] Timber: $5M [5] [0] https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=Q13 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summ... [1] https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/sectors/summary?id=Q https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/sectors/summary... [2] https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/sectors/summary?id=E https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/sectors/summary... [3] https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=A06 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summ... [4] https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/sectors/summary?id=A https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/sectors/summary... [5] https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?id=A10 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summ... [6] https://diabetes.org/about-us/statistics/about-diabetes https://diabetes.org/about-us/statistics/about-diabetes [7] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/04/06/gun-deaths-among-us-kids-rose-50-percent-in-two-years/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/04/06/gun-deaths-...