For the second year in a row, NRA landed in the top 10 of FORTUNE magazine's Power 25, their listing of the most influential lobbying groups in America. Compiled by their senior writer and Washington bureau chief Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, the Power 25 is based on responses to a survey sent to nearly 2,700 individuals, including every member of Congress, Hill staffers, senior White House aides, professional lobbyists, and top-ranking officers of lobbying groups and lobbying companies.

      Last year, NRA was ranked sixth on the list, while this year our position improved two spots to number four. According to Birnbaum, access to lawmakers is the key ingredient to a successful lobbying organization. "Washington lobbying isn't what you'd expect," wrote Birnbaum. "The capital's mightiest lobbyists aren't shadowy creatures who shun the spotlight. Many are among the nation's best-known public servants...." Conspicuously absent from this year's Power 25 list, as they were last year, is Handgun Control, Inc. (HCI), as is as any other anti-Second Amendment organization.

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