Defend Second Amendment rights and fight efforts to restrict them while in Congress.

Burgess Owens · Utah · Republican

policy impact 0.84 specificity 0.77 extraction confidence 97%

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I promise to defend them as long as I am in Congress. I will continue to fight ATF overreach and any of their attempts to restrict your second amendment rights.

The candidate pledges to defend Second Amendment rights while serving in Congress and to oppose ATF efforts or other attempts to restrict those rights.

2nd Amendment - Burgess Owens
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Evidence

May 21, 2026: Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1041, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, shows Rep. Burgess Owens (UT) voted Yea; the measure passed the House 216-201.

Owens backed a House-passed bill that would prohibit certain VA-to-DOJ data transmission for NICS, a concrete pro-Second Amendment vote within the lookback window.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, records Rep. Burgess Owens (UT) voting Yea on passage; the House passed the bill 216-201 on May 21, 2026.

Owens took a concrete same-term congressional action supporting Second Amendment rights by voting for a House-passed pro-2A bill, but the measure was not yet final federal law in the available record.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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partial same_term A for effort

Owens took a concrete same-term pro-Second Amendment action by voting for H.R. 1041, but the record here shows only House passage of a bill, not a completed federal outcome or broader fulfillment of the promise to defend gun rights and fight restrictions while in Congress. That supports partial credit rather than full delivery.

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partial same_term A for effort

The available record shows Owens took a concrete same-term pro-Second Amendment action by voting for House passage of H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, on May 21, 2026. That supports the promise to defend gun rights in Congress, but the evidence provided is limited to a single House vote on a bill that had not yet become final federal law, and the promise is a broad ongoing commitment rather than a one-time outcome. On this record, he has partially delivered on the promise through clear congressional action, but not enough to count it as fully delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 87%

partial same_term A for effort

Owens took a concrete same-term congressional action aligned with the promise by voting Yea on H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, which passed the House on May 21, 2026. That supports credit for fighting restrictions on Second Amendment rights in Congress. However, the evidence shows only House passage, not final enactment into federal law or a completed policy outcome, so this is partial rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%