A quiet victory for gun lobby

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WASHINGTON — Talk about safe gun legislation is everywhere these days — from the presidential campaign trail, to the halls of Congress to editorial pages nationwide.

Democratic lawmakers, like Connecticut’s congressional delegation, have loudly condemned the GOP-controlled Congress for inaction on gun legislation in the wake of the Newtown mass shooting and on the heels of the San Bernardino, Calif., terror-inspired attack.

But in a quiet, under-the-radar way, it is the pro-gun side — including the Newtown-based National Shooting Sports Foundation, or NSSF — that is making progress on its legislative agenda on Capitol Hill.

One example: Buried in the National Defense Authorization Act that President Barack Obama signed into law the day before Thanksgiving is language that prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating spent bullets and shells as toxic substances.

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