Protect Idahoans' Second Amendment rights.

Mike Crapo · Idaho · Republican

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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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Crapo joined Cornyn and other Senate Republicans to introduce the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act, which would let active and retired federal law enforcement officers buy retired service weapons instead of having them destroyed.

A concrete firearms-related legislative action in the 119th Congress that aligns with a broader pro-Second Amendment posture.

partial later_term A for effort

Crapo, Risch Join Cornyn to Introduce Bill to Allow Law Enforcement Officers to Purchase Retired Firearms | U.S. Senator Mike Crapo
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Crapo signed onto the PARTS Act, framing it as a way to cut red tape for firearms businesses and help gun owners exercise Second Amendment rights by modernizing suppressor definitions.

Another recent official pro-gun legislative move showing continued later-term effort to protect firearm rights.

partial later_term A for effort

Crapo Signs on to ‘PARTS’ Act to Protect Gun Owners, Cut Red Tape | U.S. Senator Mike Crapo
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Crapo's office announced 119th Congress efforts to protect access to the right to keep and bear arms, including leading the Hearing Protection Act, cosponsoring concealed-carry reciprocity, the Sporting Firearms Access Act, No REGISTRY Act, ATF Transparency Act, FIND Act and related letters to ATF and Commerce.

Official Senate-office summary shows a broad set of later-term legislative and oversight actions aligned with protecting Second Amendment rights, but most are efforts rather than enacted deliverables.

partial later_term A for effort

Crapo Upholds Idahoans' Second Amendment Rights | U.S. Senator Mike Crapo
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Mike Crapo as sponsor of S.364, the Hearing Protection Act, introduced February 3, 2025, read twice and referred to the Senate Finance Committee; bill status remains Introduced.

Crapo personally sponsored a firearms deregulation bill in the 119th Congress, a concrete later-term effort, though it had not become law as of the record reviewed.

partial later_term A for effort

S.364 - Hearing Protection Act | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov lists the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025 as a bill to allow reciprocity for carrying certain concealed firearms; Sen. Mike Crapo is listed as an original cosponsor on January 9, 2025, and the bill was referred to Judiciary.

Crapo cosponsored concealed-carry reciprocity legislation, supporting partial credit for ongoing Second Amendment advocacy, but the bill was only introduced/referred.

partial later_term A for effort

S.65 - Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Mike Crapo as an original cosponsor of S.119. The bill would remove the requirement for out-of-business firearms licensees to deliver transaction records to ATF and require ATF to destroy collected records; status is Introduced.

Crapo supported anti-registry firearms legislation, a concrete later-term action consistent with the promise, but not a completed policy outcome.

partial later_term A for effort

S.119 - No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act | Congress.gov
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On the motion to concur in the House amendment to S.2938 with amendment 5099, the Senate vote was 65-33 and Sen. Crapo (R-ID) voted Nay on the measure titled 'An act to make our communities safer.'

Crapo voted against the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a major federal gun-safety bill, consistent with his stated opposition to gun-control measures; the bill nonetheless passed, so this is partial opposition effort rather than delivery.

partial later_term

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote 242
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Crapo, Risch and Marshall introduced the SHORT Act, described by Crapo's office as ending taxation, registration and regulation of short-barreled rifles and shotguns under the National Firearms Act and preventing future ATF versions of a stabilizing-brace ban.

Crapo introduced legislation to roll back firearm restrictions, another concrete later-term effort supporting partial progress, with no evidence here that it had become law.

partial later_term A for effort

Crapo, Risch, Marshall Introduce SHORT Act to Roll Back Biden-Era Anti Gun Rule | U.S. Senator Mike Crapo
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Assessments

delivered later_term A for effort

Crapo made concrete federal actions aligned with the broad promise to protect Second Amendment rights, including a same-term vote against extending the federal assault-weapons ban and later original cosponsorship of S.397, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which became Public Law 109-92 in October 2005. Because the clearest enacted federal deliverable passed after the 1999-2005 term context but with Crapo as an original cosponsor, it counts as delivered with later_term timing. The many later bills and oversight actions reinforce continued effort, though most were not enacted.

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partial later_term A for effort

Crapo has consistently and concretely backed Second Amendment protections through his Senate service, including opposing an assault-weapons-ban extension, cosponsoring the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and later introducing or signing onto gun-related legislation. That supports credit for materially advancing the promise, but the claim is broad and ongoing rather than a single deliverable, so this is better treated as partial rather than fully completed.

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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.

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