Standing Up for the Second Amendment
Protect Second Amendment rights.
Occurrences
Standing Up for the Second Amendment
Evidence
Missouri official returns list U.S. Representative District 9 Republican primary results: Onder, Bob 15,752 votes, 29.0%; Luetkemeyer, Blaine 21,543 votes, 39.7%.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] as a cosponsor of H.R.38 on 01/09/2025.
Congress.gov summary says H.R.38 establishes a federal framework for concealed firearms across state lines; latest action was placement on the Union Calendar after Judiciary Committee reporting, but the bill status remains Introduced.
Public Law text amended transfer and making taxes for certain firearms: $200 for machineguns or destructive devices, and $0 for firearms not described in that paragraph.
Congress.gov records that H.R.1 became Public Law No. 119-21 on 07/04/2025 after House passage, Senate passage, and House agreement to the Senate amendment.
House Roll Call 190 on H.R.1, July 3, 2025, passed 218-214; the Clerk lists Onder, Republican, Missouri, as voting Aye.
Public Law 119-21, Sec. 70436, reduced transfer and making taxes to $0 for covered firearms other than machineguns or destructive devices, with the change applying more than 90 days after enactment.
The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 190 on H.R.1 as passed, 218-214, on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; Robert Onder of Missouri is listed as voting Aye.
Congress.gov lists H.R.1 with the status Became Law and the latest action on 07/04/2025: Became Public Law No. 119-21.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] as a cosponsor of H.R.38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025, with a cosponsorship date of 01/09/2025.
Congress.gov lists H.R.38's latest action as House placement on the Union Calendar on 10/03/2025 and shows the bill status as Introduced, not passed or enacted.
Missouri's official August 5, 2008 primary returns list U.S. Representative District 9 Republican results: Bob Onder 15,752 votes, 29.0%; Blaine Luetkemeyer 21,543 votes, 39.7%.
Assessments
Onder lost the 2008 federal primary, so there was no same-term congressional opportunity to fulfill the promise. In later federal House service, he voted for final passage of H.R.1, which became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025 and reduced certain National Firearms Act transfer and making taxes to $0. That enacted pro-gun-rights policy is a concrete delivery on the broad promise to protect Second Amendment rights, with additional later-term effort shown by cosponsoring H.R.38, which had advanced but not become law.
Onder lost the 2008 Republican primary for Missouri's 9th District, so there was no same-term federal office opportunity to fulfill the promise. In later federal House service, he took concrete pro-Second Amendment actions: he cosponsored H.R.38 on concealed-carry reciprocity and voted for final passage of H.R.1, which became Public Law 119-21 and reduced National Firearms Act taxes for covered firearms. Because an enacted federal policy change aligned with protecting gun rights passed with his vote, the promise counts as delivered with later_term timing.