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John Hoeven on Guns

RepublicanND

Guns13 votes · 54.3/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights

17 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Guns. 13 of them counted toward the score above: 7 toward “Gun rights” and 6 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
2025-08-01To require a report on veterans who would have been reported to the national instant criminal background check system and who die by suicide with a firearm.H.R. 3944 · 119th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2023-10-25To prohibit the availability of funds for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.H.R. 4366 · 118th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaGun rights
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 AttendanceYeaDirection 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

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.