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Lamar Alexander on Guns

RepublicanTN

Guns25 votes · 60.7/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights

29 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Guns. 25 of them counted toward the score above: 16 toward “Gun rights” and 9 toward “Gun restrictions”.

The other 4 did not count: 4 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2018-12-21To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.H.R. 695 · 115th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaDirection not readable
2018-12-19To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.H.R. 695 · 115th Congress · On the Motion for AttendanceNayDirection not readable
2018-02-08To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.H.R. 695 · 115th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2016-06-20To authorize the Attorney General to deny requests to transfer a firearm to known or suspected terrorists.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayGun rights
2016-06-20To address gun violence and improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaGun restrictions
2015-12-03To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun rights
2015-12-03To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionNayGun restrictions
2015-12-03To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the MotionYeaGun restrictions
2013-04-17To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayGun rights
2013-04-17To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun rights
2013-04-17To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun restrictions
2013-04-17To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayGun restrictions
2013-04-11A bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedYeaGun restrictions
2013-03-23To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun rights
2013-03-23To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the MotionYeaGun rights
2010-03-25To help protect Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaGun rights
2009-09-16To permit Amtrak passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun rights
2009-07-22To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun rights
2009-02-26To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.S. 160 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun rights
2006-07-13To prohibit the confiscation of a firearm during an emergency or major disaster if the possession of such firearm is not prohibited under Federal or State law.H.R. 5441 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun rights
2005-07-29A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.S. 397 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaGun rights
2005-07-29To expand the definition of armor piercing ammunition and for other purposes.S. 397 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayGun rights
2005-07-29To regulate the sale and possession of armor piercing ammunition, and for other purposes.S. 397 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun restrictions
2005-07-26A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.S. 397 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaGun rights
2004-09-13To appropriate $70,000,000 to support efforts for identification and tracking for shipments of hazardous materials and continue and expand upon the background check system for commercial driver licenses with a HAZMAT endorsement, and to offset this appropriation with a corresponding reduction from the Human Resources Account of the Office of the Under Secretary of Management.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2004-03-02A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages resulting from the misuse of their products by others.S. 1805 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayGun restrictions
2004-03-02To expand the definition of armor piercing ammunition and to require the Attorney General to promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against body armor.S. 1805 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayGun rights
2004-03-02To regulate the sale and possession of armor piercing ammunition, and for other purposes.S. 1805 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun restrictions
2004-02-25A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages resulting from the misuse of their products by others.S. 1805 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaGun rights

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Gun restrictions / Gun rights axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.