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Here's how the Senate voted on whether to allow the carrying of loaded firearms in national parks.

Surprisingly, to me anyway, Harry Reid voted "Yes" on this. Lamar Alexander from Tennessee is the only Republican to vote "No".

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Roll Call: Allowing guns in national parks measure

May 12, 9:25 PM (ET)

By The Associated Press


The 67-29 roll call by which the Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment that would allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.

On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to support the amendment and a "no" vote was a vote against it.

Voting "yes" were 27 Democrats, 39 Republicans and 1 independent.

Voting "no" were 27 Democrats, 1 Republican and 1 independent.

Alabama

Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) Yes.

Alaska

Begich (D) Yes; Murkowski (R) Yes.

Arizona

Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Yes.

Arkansas

Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.

California

Boxer (D) No; Feinstein (D) No.

Colorado

Bennet (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.

Connecticut

Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (I) No.

Delaware

Carper (D) No; Kaufman (D) No.

Florida

Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Georgia

Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.

Hawaii

Akaka (D) No; Inouye (D) No.

Idaho

Crapo (R) Yes; Risch (R) Yes.

Illinois

Burris (D) No; Durbin (D) No.

Indiana

Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) Yes.

Iowa

Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) No.

Kansas

Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.

Kentucky

Bunning (R) Yes; McConnell (R) Yes.

Louisiana

Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) Yes.

Maine

Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.

Maryland

Cardin (D) No; Mikulski (D) Not Voting.

Massachusetts

Kennedy (D) Not Voting; Kerry (D) No.

Michigan

Levin (D) No; Stabenow (D) No.

Minnesota

Klobuchar (D) Yes.

Mississippi

Cochran (R) Yes; Wicker (R) Yes.

Missouri

Bond (R) Yes; McCaskill (D) No.

Montana

Baucus (D) Yes; Tester (D) Yes.

Nebraska

Johanns (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Nevada

Ensign (R) Yes; Reid (D) Yes.

New Hampshire

Gregg (R) Yes; Shaheen (D) Yes.

New Jersey

Lautenberg (D) No; Menendez (D) No.

New Mexico

Bingaman (D) No; Udall (D) No.

New York

Gillibrand (D) No; Schumer (D) No.

North Carolina

Burr (R) Yes; Hagan (D) Yes.

North Dakota

Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.

Ohio

Brown (D) No; Voinovich (R) Yes.

Oklahoma

Coburn (R) Yes; Inhofe (R) Yes.

Oregon

Merkley (D) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes.

Pennsylvania

Casey (D) Yes; Specter (D) Yes.

Rhode Island

Reed (D) No; Whitehouse (D) No.

South Carolina

DeMint (R) Yes; Graham (R) Yes.

South Dakota

Johnson (D) No; Thune (R) Yes.

Tennessee

Alexander (R) No; Corker (R) Yes.

Texas

Cornyn (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.

Utah

Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) Yes.

Vermont

Leahy (D) Yes; Sanders (I) Yes.

Virginia

Warner (D) Yes; Webb (D) Yes.

Washington

Cantwell (D) No; Murray (D) No.

West Virginia

Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Not Voting.

Wisconsin

Feingold (D) Yes; Kohl (D) Yes.

Wyoming

Barrasso (R) Yes; Enzi (R) Yes.

Voting "yes" were 27 Democrats, 39 Republicans and 1 independent

I think this illustrates how much politcial power we can bring to bear through groups like the NRA and TSRA. The Dems voted "yes", which certainly goes against everything we hear about theri "agenda". The reason, IMHO is that they have constituencies that have enough gun owners so that they can't show an "anti-gun" face and still hope to get re-elected.

Always remember, again IMHO, the primary goal of any asenator or representative is to get himself/herself re-elected. Party agendas come second. A Dem in in TX or WV, where gun ownership is high, wouldn't stay in office long by coming out constantly against guns.

Opinions?

chuck_in_texas wrote:

Voting "yes" were 27 Democrats, 39 Republicans and 1 independent

I think this illustrates how much politcial power we can bring to bear through groups like the NRA and TSRA. The Dems voted "yes", which certainly goes against everything we hear about theri "agenda". The reason, IMHO is that they have constituencies that have enough gun owners so that they can't show an "anti-gun" face and still hope to get re-elected.

Always remember, again IMHO, the primary goal of any asenator or representative is to get himself/herself re-elected. Party agendas come second. A Dem in in TX or WV, where gun ownership is high, wouldn't stay in office long by coming out constantly against guns.

Opinions?

I personally know Democrats that support 2A regardless of their constituencies. Remember that there are folks on both sides of the aisle that don't always agree with their parties entire platform.

Purplehood wrote:I personally know Democrats that support 2A regardless of their constituencies. Remember that there are folks on both sides of the aisle that don't always agree with their parties entire platform.

Like the Republicans in the Texas house and senate who are blocking pro CHL bills from getting a fair vote on the floor.

We must remember them at election time and tell every gun owner we know in their district.

Ain't that the truth? What is this country [insert/state here] coming to?

chuck_in_texas wrote:

Voting "yes" were 27 Democrats, 39 Republicans and 1 independent

I think this illustrates how much politcial power we can bring to bear through groups like the NRA and TSRA. The Dems voted "yes", which certainly goes against everything we hear about theri "agenda". The reason, IMHO is that they have constituencies that have enough gun owners so that they can't show an "anti-gun" face and still hope to get re-elected.

Always remember, again IMHO, the primary goal of any asenator or representative is to get himself/herself re-elected. Party agendas come second. A Dem in in TX or WV, where gun ownership is high, wouldn't stay in office long by coming out constantly against guns.

Opinions?

Good reason to always look at someones voting record.

I noticed the senators from Wisconsin, both Democrats, voted YES to the amendment. Wisconsin is one of only two states that does not offer any form of concealed carry... Weird.

Coogan wrote:I noticed the senators from Wisconsin, both Democrats, voted YES to the amendment. Wisconsin is one of only two states that does not offer any form of concealed carry... Weird.

Its not like they don't want concealed carry. They have been fighting pretty hard for it, and are hopeful to have that right someday.
Democrats have always claimed to for civil rights. To not support the RKBA would be hypocritical.