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Ben Nelson on Guns

DemocratNE

Guns13 votes · 64.4/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights

14 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Guns. 13 of them counted toward the score above: 10 toward “Gun rights” and 3 toward “Gun restrictions”.

The other 1 did not count: 1 was a roll call 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
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.