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This page is under construction. The intent is to point out which senators and representatives support the right to bear arms, aka the Second Amendment. The data used is gathered from the document mentioned below, a court brief that was signed and submitted by 58 senators and 251 representatives.

You should seriously consider reading the brief. Link to the PDF is below. If you love arguing why the 2nd Amendment is important, it's a must read!

= McDonald v. Chicago -- Friend of Court Brief =

Thirty-three amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs for this case have been filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court.[21]

One of these briefs was filed by U.S. senators Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R, TX) and John Tester (D, MT) and U.S. representatives Mark Souder (R, IN) and Mike Ross (D, AR) asking the Supreme Court to find in favor of the petitioners and rule that the Second Amendment does apply to the states. The brief was signed by 58 senators and 251 representatives, more members of Congress than any amicus curiae brief in history.

Read the summary

Read the entire Brief

Senate
Failure of a Senator to proactively sign this brief does not necessarily mean they didn't support its contents. They may have been too lazy or scared to man up. However, those who did sign are listed below, and you should consider making sure they get re-elected when their term ends!

The age average of supporting senators matches the age average of all senators, approx 63 years of age.

Of the supporting senators, 23 terms end in 2011, 13 terms end in 2013, and 21 terms end in 2015.

Congress
The 251 of the 435 Representatives of the House of Congress signed their support for Gun Rights in the McDonald brief. This was more members of Congress than any amicus curiae brief in the history of the United States.

Overall State Support for McDonald
In the following table, we combine the number of signatures from each state's Senator and Congressman, to get a feel of the state's over-all support of Gun Rights.

Each state has exactly 2 senators, but is represented by a variable number of Congressmen (House Representatives) based on the state's population. In the first column you'll find each state listed by abbreviation. The 2nd and 3rd columns represent the Senate support for Gun Rights. The 4th and 6th columns represent the House support for Gun Rights with the 5th column indicating the number of Congressmen in that state. The final 7th column is the combination of both halves, giving a total state's overall support for Gun Rights.

Certainly, larger states with more representatives will find it harder to achieve full 100% support for Gun Rights, which is why Texas only weighs in with 79.69% support even though more members of the House supported the Supreme Court's decision than Arkansas with 100% support between its 2 Senators and 1 Congressman.

You can sort by each column by clicking on the column header. I recommend comparing between the House Support column, and the Total Support column.