Past and present Senate candidates from Mississippi: on Gun Control


David Baria: Common-sense measures, like restrict semi-automatic weapons

Q: Gun Control: Support more restrictive gun control legislation? Restrict semi-automatic weapons?

David Baria (D): Yes to both. Gun owner & hunter, but "common sense gun safety measures" don't mean "you're anti-gun or anti-Second Amendment."

Roger Wicker (R): No to both. "Do not feel more gun control laws are the answer to the problems confronting our nation."

Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Mississippi Senate race Oct 9, 2018

Roger Wicker: More gun control laws are not the answer to gun problems

Q: Gun Control: Support more restrictive gun control legislation? Restrict semi-automatic weapons?

David Baria (D): Yes to both. Gun owner & hunter, but "common sense gun safety measures" don't mean "you're anti-gun or anti-Second Amendment."

Roger Wicker (R): No to both. "Do not feel more gun control laws are the answer to the problems confronting our nation."

Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Mississippi Senate race Oct 9, 2018

David Baria: I support 2nd Amendment along with rest of Bill of Rights

Describing himself as a gun owner and hunter, Baria tells a questioner, "I support the Second˙Amendment, and I support all other nine amendments in the Bill of Rights."
Source: Jackson Free Press on 2018 Mississippi Senate race May 8, 2018

Jensen Bohren: Moratorium on studying gun violence must be lifted

On the issue of gun control, Bohren's stance is a bit more controversial for progressives and the Democratic Party. Although Bohren supports the Second Amendment, he is in favor of extensively researching gun violence. "We need to lift the˙moratorium on studying the underlying causes of gun violence. We haven't studied the fundamentals of the issue since the mid-nineties. To avoid researching an issue due to political implications is stunningly irresponsible."
Source: MillennialPolitics.CO on 2018 Mississippi Senate race Jan 6, 2018

Chris McDaniel: Opposes more gun restrictions

Question topic: More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.

McDaniel: Strongly Disagree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Mississippi Senate race Jul 2, 2014

Chris McDaniel: Blames rising gun violence on "hip-hop" culture

In a promotional segment for his Christian conservative radio program, Right Side Radio, Mississippi Republican Senate candidate Chris McDaniel blamed rising gun violence on a "hip-hop" culture that "values rap and destruction of community values more than it does poetry."

The comments were featured in a teaser for the program: "The reason Canada is breaking out with brand new gun violence has nothing to do with the US and guns," McDaniel said. "It has everything to do with a culture that is morally bankrupt. What kind of culture is that? It's called hip-hop. Name a redeeming quality of hip-hop. I want to know anything about hip-hop that has been good for this country."

Source: Mother Jones magazine AdWatch: 2014 Mississippi Senate race Jan 7, 2014

Chris McDaniel: Preserve the rights of gun owners

McDaniel is authoring a bill he says will preserve the rights of gun owners in Mississippi. It's in response to a request from Gov. Phil Bryant that lawmakers adopt legislation that would defend 2nd Amendment rights against any executive action from President Obama.

McDaniel says the bill would mandate that no state agency would assist in the implementation of unconstitutional executive orders relating to gun rights.

McDaniel is also co-authoring two related bills. "All of these pieces of legislation will be challenged, there's no question about it," McDaniel said. "But, it's a debate we need to have in this country. Right now, we have a president that is exercising far too much authority, we have a federal government that is trying to do too much to too many people and do too many things," he said.

Source: Report by Yall Politics on 2014 Mississippi Senate race Jan 18, 2013

  • The above quotations are from Winners and Losers
    Senate candidates from Mississippi.
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Candidates and political leaders on Gun Control:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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