Senators ranked: Pro-gun-rights
All 100 senators ranked by how often they voted against new gun restrictions, across 23 recorded Senate votes. A higher grade means the senator voted for the Pro-gun-rights side more often.
Official Senate roll-call votes (via Voteview)
A means the senator voted for this side most often — not that the senator is better. F means the senator voted against this side most often. Based on votes through 2026-08-08.
How did each senator score on guns?
Which votes count?
| Date | Bill | Question | Side counted | Weight | Why it counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-11-17 | S1607 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | 1994 assault weapons ban amendment |
| 1993-11-19 | S414 | On the Cloture Motion | Nay | 1 | Cloture on the Brady handgun background-check bill |
| 1999-05-20 | S254 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | Requires background checks at gun shows (1999) |
| 2004-03-02 | S1805 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban (2004) |
| 2004-03-02 | S1805 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | Background checks at gun shows (2004) |
| 2005-07-29 | S397 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | Protects gun makers and dealers from many lawsuits (2005) |
| 2006-07-13 | HR5441 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Bans confiscating legal guns during disasters (2006) |
| 2009-09-16 | HR3288 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Lets Amtrak passengers carry guns in checked bags (2009) |
| 2013-04-17 | S649 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | Manchin-Toomey amendment expanding background checks to gun-show and online sales |
| 2013-04-17 | S649 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | Assault weapons ban amendment |
| 2013-04-17 | S649 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Lets people with concealed-carry permits carry in other states |
| 2013-04-17 | S649 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Protects gun rights of veterans flagged by the VA |
| 2015-12-03 | HR3762 | On the Motion | Nay | 1 | Lets the Attorney General block gun sales to suspected terrorists (2015) |
| 2015-12-03 | HR3762 | On the Motion | Nay | 1 | Expanded background checks (2015) |
| 2016-06-20 | HR2578 | On the Cloture Motion | Nay | 1 | Expanded background checks after the Orlando shooting (2016) |
| 2016-06-20 | HR2578 | On the Cloture Motion | Nay | 1 | Blocks gun sales to suspected terrorists (2016) |
| 2017-02-15 | HJRES40 | On the Joint Resolution | Yea | 2 | Overturns the Social Security rule reporting some beneficiaries to the gun background check system |
| 2022-06-21 | S2938 | On the Motion | Nay | 1 | Motion to begin the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (red-flag grants, tighter checks for under-21 buyers) |
| 2022-06-23 | S2938 | On the Cloture Motion | Nay | 1 | Cloture on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act |
| 2022-06-23 | S2938 | On the Motion | Nay | 2 | Final Senate passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act |
| 2023-06-22 | HJRES44 | On the Joint Resolution | Yea | 2 | Overturned the ATF pistol-brace rule |
| 2023-10-25 | HR4366 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Stops VA from reporting some veterans to the gun background-check system |
| 2025-08-01 | HR3944 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | Report on veterans flagged to background checks who die by gun suicide |