Firearms and blood transfusion: an inescapable disentanglement

[...]the primary tax-exempt blood donation and collection organisation in the USA—the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies—spent less than $200 000 for both advertising and marketing and spent $0 on lobbying in 2019. Furthermore, the largest tax-exempt gun-rights organisation—the National Rifle Association of America—spent $27 million on advertising, $7 million on marketing, and just less than $700 000 on lobbying in 2019. [...]the financial reach of the five largest blood-collection organisations and the primary blood-collection advocacy group in the USA is substantially less than the two gun manufacturers and the primary gun-rights advocacy group in advertising, marketing, and lobbying. [...]the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee issued a memorandum to the leading manufacturers of assault rifles in 2022 seeking information on their sale and marketing practices to further explore the marketing strategies used by these corporations.