The Entertainment Software Association outspends the NRA on lobbying politicians

Gaming’s main political-lobbying organization, the Entertainment Software Association, spent $4.83 million on federal lobbying last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), as first reported by Gamesindustry International. That’s significantly higher than the gun industry’s most well-known lobbying organization, the National Rifle Association, which only spent $2.98 million on lobbying activities.

Those figures might make you scratch your head if you’ve been watching the news. Politicians seem to have no issues proposing legislation that would restrict the sales of video games, but the same is not true for firearms.