The NRA should send a thank you letter to the DNC.

Via Politico:

The National Rifle Association’s fundraising pace continues to quicken amid fears of new restrictions on firearms, with the gun lobby’s political action committee posting its best single month of fundraising in over a decade.

The group raised nearly $1.6 million in February, according to the latest FEC filings posted Tuesday night. February’s numbers follow on the heels of a $1.1 million haul in January.

The NRA hasn’t posted such strong fundraising numbers since the height of the 2000 presidential campaign, when the committee raised $1.7 million in October.

Its fundraising pace has increased considerably since the December shooting in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26 people.

During the 2011-12 cycle, the committee raised an average of $600,000 per month — for a two-year total of $14.3 million.

The committee’s fundraising pace in January and February alone has doubled from the previous cycle. Its PAC ends the month with a $4 million war chest.