The National Rifle Association received twice as much money from nearly five times as many donors in the seven days after the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting than it did in the seven days before the shooting.

The contributions were made by NRA members and employees to its political action committee, the NRA Political Victory Fund.

Seventeen people were killed and 17 others were wounded in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

In the two weeks before the shooting — Jan. 31 to Feb. 13 — NRA’s PAC received $27,100 through 51 donations.

Two weeks after the shooting, the PAC raised $70,870 from 226 donations, according to the NRA’s most recent filing with the Federal Election Commission.

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Those donations made up the itemized contributions received in February. Only contributions from donors who exceed $200 during an election cycle are required to be listed in PAC filings by name, date and amount donated.

Overall, the NRA reported $779,000 in individual contributions in February. It was the most money raised in 11 months and more than the total raised in November, December and January combined.

About 88 percent of the money was unitemized.

Individual Contributions to NRA PAC (2018 Cycle)

Month Year Itemized Unitemized Total February 2018 $93,963 $685,100 $779,063 January 2018 $15,825 $232,160 $247,985 December 2017 $30,619 $89,556 $120,175 November 2017 $69,856 $271,896 $341,752 October 2017 $82,407 $355,135 $437,542 September 2017 $72,689 $395,991 $468,680 August 2017 $85,642 $682,292 $767,934 July 2017 $57,701 $455,155 $512,857 June 2017 $59,719 $449,594 $509,313 May 2017 $53,685 $591,820 $645,505 April 2017 $20,648 $335,538 $356,187 March 2017 $68,118 $816,241 $884,359 February 2017 $33,850 $582,290 $616,140 January 2017 $16,598 $366,303 $382,901

It’s unclear what caused the increase in February, whether it was NRA outreach or the president’s entertaining of new gun regulation.

OpenSecrets contacted NRA’s media office Thursday and Friday to discuss the filing, but they were unavailable — possibly due to a barrage of press calls on the eve of the March For Our Lives event in Washington.



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