52 senators have an A-minus NRA rating or higher including four Democrats

[oberliner]

One of the ways that the National Rifle Association exerts influence over elected officials is by giving them letter-grade ratings on gun issues. It’s a shorthand for gun-rights voters in the way that the D or R next to a politicians name is a shorthand for voters in general. If a candidate has an A grade, it’s a stamp of approval from the nation’s preeminent gun advocacy organization. An F grade is no less a badge of honor: Democrats given the NRA’s lowest rating often trumpet that fact when making campaign pitches to their base.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/15/52-senators-have-an-a-minus-nra-rating-or-higher-including-four-democrats/?utm_term=.6dc19f57b9ac

Important note - 40 out of the 49 Democrats have an F rating from the NRA.

[bearsfootball516]

1. Unsurprisingly, the four Democrats with A ratings are in red states.

[oberliner]

3. Including the state in your avatar

[bearsfootball516]

5. Yup. I voted for Donnelly.

He's a bit of a blue dog, but in a red state, that's about all I can ask for.

[oberliner]

6. Understandable

Makes sense to me.

Have you been happy with him, relatively speaking?

[Tatiana]

2. Casey has a "B" but Sanders has a "D-"?

I can't take this seriously.

[oberliner]

4. What do you mean?

Why wouldn't the NRA assign those grades to those senators?

[Tatiana]

8. Their stated positions on guns and the 2nd Amendment are very similar.

I believe Casey has actually moved to the left of Sanders on the issue of gun control.

“I don’t think new gun laws are going to change us,” Casey recalled Wednesday of his initial reaction to the massacre of 20 children and six educators.

By the time that weekend ended 3½ years ago, as Christmas approached and his wife and daughters accosted him over his views, Casey had a conversion. Casey has since embraced every major proposal to counter gun violence, including a renewed ban on assault weapons and enhanced background checks before gun purchases. On Monday, Casey was back in Pittsburgh to unveil legislation in the wake of the massacre of 49 people inside a nightclub popular with Orlando’s gay community that would forbid those convicted of a hate crime from purchasing weapons.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/06/16/how-pro-gun-bob-casey-became-an-evangelist-for-gun-control-laws/?utm_term=.2df805157633

I simply don't understand those particular ratings. As far as the Republicans go, I wouldn't disagree.

[Hortensis]

10. I saw that some time ago, and since this is all about politics

wondered if the NRA might be helping Sanders out just a bit. I felt the rating was questionable, but my comparison is to the large majority of Democratic senators the NRA honored with solid Fs.

[oberliner]

11. i wonder when they last graded him

Probably 2012.

[GaryCnf]

14. Hilarious

Sorry the facts get in the way of the ABB meme.

[Civic Justice]

7. Why do we care about NRA Rating Politicians...

WE the people should give the only rating that matter !!!!

Get all the politicians out whom have taken money from the NRA and have given their devotion to some crazy NRA rating.

Say BYE, to them in November!!!!

[oberliner]

12. Because it helps us understand the NRA has most Republicans in their pockets

[Civic Justice]

13. That's the only purpose it is.... So we know "who to kick out of Congress"

[janx]

15. Both of my senators earned above an F from the NRA.

One was ranked B and the other D.

There is no way I'd want to kick them out of Congress because of some arbitrary rating from the NRA.

[still_one]

9. I think the marches today will have many legislators reflecting on 2018, and I also believe these

marches will motivate people to come out to vote in 2018