Supports Right-to-Carry
Voted for Concealed Carry Reciprocity legislation, which would ensure that law-abiding Americans with the legal right to carry concealed would be able to carry their firearm for self-defense in any other state.

Supports Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights
Sponsored and voted for legislation that would protect veterans’ Second Amendment rights.  

Opposes Criminalizing Private Transfers
Voted against the Obama/Bloomberg so-called “universal” background check system that could criminalize the private transfer of firearms which, according to the Justice Department, is only enforceable through a federal firearms registry. 

Opposes Semi-Auto Ban
Voted against Senator Dianne Feinstein’s failed semi-auto ban that would ban commonly owned semi-automatic firearms used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense.

Opposes UN Gun Ban Treaty
Voted for legislation that would prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. He also signed multiple letters opposing any international treaty by the United Nations or other global organizations that would impose restrictions on American gun owners.

Opposes Anti-Gun Supreme Court Justices
Voted against anti-gun nominees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Opposes Government Blacklists
Voted against denying persons on secret government lists their Second Amendment right to purchase or own a firearm without due process.

Supports Firearm Manufacturers and Dealers
Was an original cosponsor of and voted for the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, a law that prevents the American gun industry from being sued into bankruptcy through frivolous lawsuits.

Opposes Washington D.C.’s Gun Ban
Voted multiple times for legislation that would repeal Washington D.C.’s draconian gun control laws and restore the right of self-defense to law-abiding individuals in our nation’s capital.

Opposes Gun Confiscation
Voted to prohibit gun confiscation during states of emergency, as happened after Hurricane Katrina.

Opposes Backdoor Gun Ban
Opposes any attempt by the Obama administration to deny millions of Social Security recipients their Second Amendment rights without due process. 

Heller and McDonald Cases
Signed the pro-gun congressional “friend of the court” briefs in the Heller and McDonald cases, arguing that the Second Amendment guarantees the fundamental, individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms and that Washington, D.C.’s and Chicago’s gun bans were unconstitutional.

Opposes Magazine Ban
Voted against a ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. 

Opposes Anti-Gun Nominees
Voted against the nomination of Vivek Murthy to be Surgeon General of the United States due to his history of political activism in support of radical gun control measures.