Bernard Sanders — Pro-gun-rights: F
Bernard Sanders voted for the Pro-gun-rights side 27% of the time on 12 counted Senate votes, for a grade of F. No qualifying votes were missed.
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 Bernard Sanders vote on guns?
| Date | Bill | What it was | Side counted | Bernard Sanders's vote | Matched side? | Official roll call |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-09-16 | HR3288 | Lets Amtrak passengers carry guns in checked bags (2009) | Yea | Yea | Yes | Roll call 279 |
| 2013-04-17 | S649 | Manchin-Toomey amendment expanding background checks to gun-show and online sales | Nay | Nay | Yes | Roll call 98 |
| 2013-04-17 | S649 | Assault weapons ban amendment | Nay | Yea | No | Roll call 101 |
| 2013-04-17 | S649 | Lets people with concealed-carry permits carry in other states | Yea | Nay | No | Roll call 100 |
| 2013-04-17 | S649 | Protects gun rights of veterans flagged by the VA | Yea | Yea | Yes | Roll call 102 |
| 2017-02-15 | HJRES40 | Overturns the Social Security rule reporting some beneficiaries to the gun background check system | Yea | Nay | No | Roll call 66 |
| 2022-06-21 | S2938 | Motion to begin the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (red-flag grants, tighter checks for under-21 buyers) | Nay | Yea | No | Roll call 235 |
| 2022-06-23 | S2938 | Cloture on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act | Nay | Yea | No | Roll call 240 |
| 2022-06-23 | S2938 | Final Senate passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act | Nay | Yea | No | Roll call 242 |
| 2023-06-22 | HJRES44 | Overturned the ATF pistol-brace rule | Yea | Nay | No | Roll call 171 |
| 2023-10-25 | HR4366 | Stops VA from reporting some veterans to the gun background-check system | Yea | Nay | No | Roll call 268 |
| 2025-08-01 | HR3944 | Report on veterans flagged to background checks who die by gun suicide | Nay | Yea | No | Roll call 473 |