Scott Franklin will continue to stand firm against attempts to weaken the Second Amendment and will always fight to protect the rights of law abiding citizens.
Scott Franklin will continue to stand firm against attempts to weaken the Second Amendment and fight to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens.
Occurrences
Evidence
As a gun owner and strong Second Amendment supporter, I strongly oppose attempts to limit the rights of law-abiding gun owners. Some in Congress seek to infringe upon the Constitutional rights of all Americans in the name of crime prevention.
Representative Scott Franklin (FL-15) issued the following statement after voting against S.2938, the Safer Communities Act... "This bill would infringe upon the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens..."
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Cloud, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, H233 [12JA]
Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] | 04/24/2025
"The right to keep and bear arms is a sacred constitutional freedom that I swore an oath to defend..." ... "we will vote against the entire defense bill's final passage" if the red flag provision is not stripped out.
Assessments
Franklin’s House record matches the promise’s core pledge: he publicly opposed gun-control measures he said would weaken Second Amendment rights, voted against the Safer Communities Act, warned against red-flag restrictions, and cosponsored/originally sponsored pro-Second Amendment bills in Congress. That is direct same-term candidate action consistent with the promise to stand firm and fight to protect lawful gun owners' rights.
Franklin consistently took public and legislative actions aligned with the promise: he opposed the Safer Communities Act, publicly argued it would infringe on law-abiding gun owners’ rights, sponsored/originally co-sponsored pro-Second Amendment bills, and later cosponsored H.R. 2930. That is enough to treat the promise as fulfilled in office rather than merely asserted rhetorically.
Franklin made a broad federal-office promise to continue defending Second Amendment rights rather than to enact a specific bill. The evidence shows same-term conduct consistent with that promise: public opposition to gun restrictions, votes against measures he characterized as infringing gun rights, opposition to red-flag provisions, and cosponsorship/original sponsorship of pro-Second Amendment legislation. Because the claim is about continued advocacy and resistance, not a discrete enacted policy outcome, this record is sufficient for delivery in the same term.
Franklin made repeated same-term actions consistent with the promise: voting against the Safer Communities Act on Second Amendment grounds, opposing red-flag provisions in defense legislation, maintaining an official pro-Second Amendment position, and cosponsoring bills framed as protecting gun rights. Because the promise was broad and conduct-based rather than tied to enactment of a specific law, these votes, public opposition, and cosponsorships are sufficient to count as fulfilled.