NRA to Spend $1.5 Million on Georgia Senate Ads

The National Rifle Association plans to spend more than $1.5 million in the Georgia Senate runoff elections.

The gun-rights group's super PAC, the NRA Victory Fund, told the Washington Free Beacon it plans to spend more than $500,000 on digital ads and another $1 million on television leading up to the January 5 elections between Republican incumbent senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. PAC spokeswoman Erica Tergeson said GOP control of the Senate is the only roadblock to future gun restrictions after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

"Our goal is to inform as many gun owners in Georgia as possible about the records and statements of the Senate candidates regarding the Second Amendment and our right to self-protection," Tergeson told the Free Beacon.

Unlike their Republican opponents, Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have publicly embraced a collection of gun-control positions. Biden's proposal to ban, register, and tax popular firearms such as the AR-15 and institute a range of other restrictions is more likely to pass if the two Democrats are elected.