The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) stated that it had no records of communications between high-ranking SAMHSA officials and the National Rifle Association.

“Unprecedented” is a word that has been used a lot in the past few years — including this week.

FOIA request seeking communications between high-ranking officials at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)and the National Rifle Association in the weeks immediately following prominent mass shootings. American Oversight seeks these records to shed light on whether and the extent to which the NRA exerted its influence at federal health agencies in the weeks following several recent high-profile shootings.