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BETABETABETAFEC-recorded money between Second Amendment committees and this candidate, and recorded floor votes on gun bills, each with its official source. Community sentiment below never moves this grade.
How advocacy groups on both sides score this candidate, reprinted as published. These are the groups’ judgments, not ours, and they never enter the grade above.
"The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, Inc. is the official NRA State Association in New Jersey. Our mission is to implement all of the programs and activities at the state level that the NRA does at the national level. This mission includes the following: - To support and defend the constitutional rights of the people to keep and bear arms. - To take immediate action against any legislation at the local, state and federal level that would infringe upon these rights. - To coordinate the interests of all rifle, pistol and/or shooting clubs in New Jersey. - To promote and sponsor local and state championship competitions as well as sectional and regional championships in all recognized shooting disciplines. - To support and promote all other firearms activities such as hunting, collecting and bench rest shooting. - To promote, organize and conduct firearms training. - To encourage interest in participation in firearms activities by all, and especially minorities, women and juniors." The following ratings are based on lifetime voting records and a questionnaire sent to all candidates in that year; the organization then assigned letter grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F.
The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue.
The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.
LEAP Forward tracks and grades legislation and lawmakers from a progressive perspective on a variety of issues.
The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.
The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is NRA's political action committee. The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates - irrespective of party affiliation - based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire. NRA relies on a very simple premise: when provided with the facts, the nation's elected officials will recognize that "gun control" schemes are an infringement on the Second Amendment and a proven failure in fighting crime. The importance of this premise lies in the knowledge that, as one U.S. Congressman put it: "The gun lobby is people."
The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.
To promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 12,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen's organizations and publishers.
The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.
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