Bloomberg Plans $50 Million Challenge to NRA

Michael Bloomberg, “making his first major political investment since leaving office, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate voters who feel strongly about curbing gun violence, an organization he hopes can eventually outmuscle the National Rifle Association,” the New York Times reports.

“The considerable advantages that gun rights advocates enjoy — in intensity, organization and political clout — will not be easy to overcome. Indeed, Mr. Bloomberg has already spent millions of dollars trying to persuade members of Congress to support enhanced background check laws with virtually nothing to show for it.”

First Read: “Bloomberg’s new multi-million-dollar effort is striking, because it’s a
recognition that his earlier gun-control push didn’t work.”