Protect Idahoans' Second Amendment rights.

Mike Crapo · Idaho · Republican

policy impact 0.79 specificity 0.84 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

Mike’s many priorities for the 119th Congress include: ... Protecting Idahoans’ Second Amendment rights;

Commits to defending Second Amendment rights for Idahoans.

About Mike | U.S. Senator Mike Crapo
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Evidence

Vote Number 24 on March 2, 2004: the Senate agreed to an amendment "To provide for a 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban." The roll call lists "Crapo (R-ID), Nay."

Crapo voted against extending the federal assault weapons ban, a concrete pro-Second Amendment action during his Senate service.

partial same_term

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 108th Congress - 2nd Session
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Crapo as an original cosponsor of S.397, which became Public Law No. 109-92 on 10/26/2005. The bill's purpose was to shield firearm manufacturers from certain civil liability claims.

Crapo backed and helped enact federal legislation protecting the firearms industry, which aligned with preserving gun rights.

partial later_term A for effort

S.397 - Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act | Congress.gov
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Crapo states: "I am a strong supporter of the rights provided under the 2nd Amendment and do not support gun control... I will continue to oppose all efforts to weaken Second Amendment rights."

His Senate office publicly and consistently frames his federal service as defending Second Amendment rights.

partial later_term

Second Amendment | U.S. Senator Mike Crapo
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Assessments

delivered same_term

Crapo's 1998 federal Senate promise was a broad defensive commitment to protect Second Amendment rights rather than a single enactment target. During the first Senate term tied to that campaign, he took concrete federal action aligned with the promise by voting against extending the federal assault weapons ban in 2004. His later original cosponsorship of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, enacted in 2005 after that first term, further supports candidate credit, but the same-term Senate vote is enough to treat the broad protection pledge as delivered rather than merely attempted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%