Mark Kelly and his ARS vow to go head-to-head against the NRA in 2014

For someone who was once an astronaut, he’s really bad at math.

Former astronaut Mark Kelly started the anti-gun group Americans for Responsible Solutions ten months ago, when, while visiting China, he learned of the deaths of 21 children in Newtown, Conn.

It was almost two years after his wife — former Rep. Gabby Giffords — had been shot.
Ten months after Newtown, the group continues to grow and has raised over $11 million from 130,000 donors, Kelly told ABC News on Friday.

Now, Kelly, Giffords and their team want to turn those funds toward the 2014 midterm elections.

“We would like to spend in the 2014 elections what the NRA spent in 2012,” he said.

The National Rifle Association spent roughly $19 million during the 2012 election cycle, and Kelly said he was confident his group can match that.

“We’ve got the resources to be effective for the 2014 elections,” he said.

No Mark, you don’t.

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