Defend the Second Amendment.

Richard McCormick · Georgia · Republican

policy impact 0.83 specificity 0.72 extraction confidence 97%

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Occurrences

Rich will never waver in his defense of the 2nd Amendment and will oppose any and all attempts to infringe upon them.

Candidate pledges to defend the Second Amendment and oppose efforts to infringe on it.

2nd Amendment Defended | Dr. Rich McCormick for Congress
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Evidence

The campaign page states that Rich would "never waver in his defense of the 2nd Amendment" and would oppose attempts to infringe on it, while also supporting nationwide concealed-carry reciprocity.

This is the clearest campaign-era commitment matching the claim.

partial same_term

2nd Amendment Defended | Dr. Rich McCormick for Congress
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McCormick rose on the House floor and said he was "in defense of the Second Amendment," criticizing ATF pistol-brace rulemaking as an attack on constitutional rights.

This shows he carried the Second Amendment defense into federal office through an official floor statement.

partial later_term A for effort

Congressional Record, House section, January 24, 2023 - Defending the Second Amendment
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The House Clerk vote record for H.R. 2255 shows McCormick voted Yea on passage of the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025, a bill allowing federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons.

This is a concrete pro-firearms vote in his House service, consistent with a pro-Second Amendment posture.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - 2025 roll call votes
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Assessments

partial later_term A for effort

McCormick lost the 2020 House race tied to this promise, so there was no same-term federal office opportunity from that campaign. In later House service, he took actions consistent with defending Second Amendment interests, including a floor statement against ATF pistol-brace rulemaking and a pro-firearms vote on H.R. 2255. However, the evidence shows advocacy and aligned votes rather than completion of the broad promised outcome, and it does not establish that he authored, sponsored, or materially advanced a successful major Second Amendment policy change. This merits partial credit with later-term timing rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%