Rich Stein (he/him)TLDNR: Money influences politics. QED.
"We find that pro-gun PACs increase contributions by 30.2% to candidates in districts with fatal school shootings, but show no significant response to non-fatal school shootings or other mass shootings. The temporal pattern reveals strategic behavior: contribution spikes emerge in the wake of fatal school shootings and in proximity to elections, with effects dramatically amplified as Election Day approaches..."
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33900
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Financial Firepower: School Shootings and the Strategic Contributions of Pro-Gun PACs
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