Thread by @NRA

(1/5) The gun control lobby likes to cite that 97 percent of Americans support so-called universal background checks. That is not accurate. Even in the most liberal anti-gun states, the measures did not come close to garnering 97 percent of the vote.

(2/5) In some instances, they failed to get a majority of the vote or barely passed. The following ballot initiatives on so-called universal background checks show the statewide support in the context of how much money gun control advocates spent versus those opposed to it.

(3/5) In #WashingtonState, anti-gun activists spent almost $11.3 million pushing so-called universal background checks. That initiative, I-594, passed with 59.27 percent of the vote. In contrast, opponents spent $602,980, almost $10.7 million less.
ballotpedia.org/Washington_Uni…

(4/5) In #Nevada, anti-gun activists spent more than $19.8 million pushing so-called universal background checks. That initiative, Question 1, passed with 50.45 percent of the vote. In contrast, opponents spent $6.7 million, almost $13.2 million less.
ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Backgro…

(5/5) In #Maine, anti-gun activists spent more than $7.3 million pushing so-called universal background checks. That initiative, Question 3, failed, receiving only 48.20 percent of the vote – even though they spent $6.1 million more than the opposition.
ballotpedia.org/Maine_Backgrou…