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Bernie Sanders: An advocate for taking guns off our streets Throughout his time in public office, Sen. Sanders has consistently voted to outlaw the most dangerous weapons and keep guns out of the hands of criminals. He has consistently voted in favor of: • Banning assault weapons 12 • Closing the gun show loophole 34 • Regulating high capacity magazines 5 • Increasing gun safety and ownership restrictions that prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands 67 • Preserving Washington D.C.’s strict gun laws 89 • Backing the Manchin-Toomey legislation to expand background checks in the wake of the Newtown massacre 10 As a result of this record, over the last 15 years, Sen. Sanders has been rated an F, D+, C-, and D- by the NRA. The NRA even targeted Sen. Sanders for defeat in his 1994 Congressional re-election campaign for his support of an assault weapons ban, prompting him to run the following campaign ad in the Vermont Times on 11/2/94: 1 H.R. 4296, Vote #156, 5/4/1994 2 H.R. 125, Vote #92, 3/22/1996 3 H.R. 1501, Vote #354, 7/30/1999 4 H.R. 2122, Vote #243, 6/18/1999 5 S.Amdt 714 to S.649, Vote #103, 4/17/2013 6 H.R. 5672, Vote #343, 6/28/2006 7 H.R. 1501, Vote #118, 4/11/2000 8 H.R. 3193, Vote #477, 9/29/2004 9 H.R. 2122, Vote #240, 6/18/1999 10 S. 649, Vote #97, 4/17/2013
