Mandatory Gun 'Safety' Locks: How Your Senators Voted
NewsMax.com Wires
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004
The roll call by which the Senate voted 70-27 on Thursday to
require "safety" locks on all handguns sold in the United States. The
requirement is part of a bill that protects gun makers and
distributors from lawsuits arising from crimes committed with guns.
On this vote, a yes vote was a vote to include the gun lock
measure and a no vote was a vote against adding the proposal.
Voting yes were 44 Democrats, 25 Republicans and one
independent.
Voting no were 2 Democrats and 25 Republicans.
Alabama
Sessions (R) No; Shelby (R) No.
Alaska
Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.
Arizona
Kyl (R) No; McCain (R) Yes.
Arkansas
Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.
California
Boxer (D) Yes; Feinstein (D) Yes.
Colorado
Allard (R) No; Campbell (R) Not Voting.
Connecticut
Dodd (D) Yes; Lieberman (D) Yes.
Delaware
Biden (D) Yes; Carper (D) Yes.
Florida
Graham (D) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.
Georgia
Chambliss (R) No; Miller (D) No.
Hawaii
Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.
Idaho
Craig (R) No; Crapo (R) No.
Illinois
Durbin (D) Yes; Fitzgerald (R) Yes.
Indiana
Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) Yes.
Iowa
Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Yes.
Kansas
Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.
Kentucky
Bunning (R) No; McConnell (R) Yes.
Louisiana
Breaux (D) Yes; Landrieu (D) Yes.
Maine
Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.
Maryland
Mikulski (D) Yes; Sarbanes (D) Yes.
Kerry Still AWOL
Massachusetts
Kennedy (D) Yes; Kerry (D) Not Voting.
Michigan
Levin (D) Yes; Stabenow (D) Yes.
Minnesota
Coleman (R) Yes; Dayton (D) Yes.
Mississippi
Cochran (R) Yes; Lott (R) No.
Missouri
Bond (R) No; Talent (R) No.
Montana
Baucus (D) Yes; Burns (R) No.
Nebraska
Hagel (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.
Nevada
Ensign (R) No; Reid (D) Yes.
New Hampshire
Gregg (R) Yes; Sununu (R) Yes.
New Jersey
Corzine (D) Yes; Lautenberg (D) Yes.
New Mexico
Bingaman (D) Yes; Domenici (R) Yes.
New York
Clinton (D) Yes; Schumer (D) Yes.
North Carolina
Dole (R) No; Edwards (D) Not Voting.
North Dakota
Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.
Ohio
DeWine (R) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.
Oklahoma
Inhofe (R) No; Nickles (R) No.
Oregon
Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes.
Pennsylvania
Santorum (R) Yes; Specter (R) No.
Rhode Island
Chafee (R) Yes; Reed (D) Yes.
South Carolina
Graham (R) No; Hollings (D) Yes.
South Dakota
Daschle (D) Yes; Johnson (D) No.
Tennessee
Alexander (R) No; Frist (R) Yes.
Texas
Cornyn (R) No; Hutchison (R) Yes.
Utah
Bennett (R) No; Hatch (R) No.
Vermont
Jeffords (I) Yes; Leahy (D) Yes.
Virginia
Allen (R) No; Warner (R) Yes.
Washington
Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) Yes.
West Virginia
Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.
Wisconsin
Feingold (D) Yes; Kohl (D) Yes.
Wyoming
Enzi (R) No; Thomas (R) No.
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