In 2013 NRA considered Bernie Sanders an anti-gun Senator. Gave him D- grade.

[madfloridian]

They gave him a D- rating which they apparently give to those they consider to have a mixed record. They consider the D to mean that no matter what the politician says publicly they can be counted on to vote the wrong way on issues important to the NRA.

Hover your mouse over the grades to see how they graded.

Someone needs to tell the NRA that on some Democratic forums he is considered just the opposite. It's amazing how that issue has been seized on just as Congress and our president are in the process of selling out the working class in America. Amazing how some are actually calling him a gun nut.

This summary of their ratings was in the Washington Post April 2013.

[madfloridian]

1. A couple of his 2013 votes....

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-votes-for-background-checks-assault-weapons-ban

WASHINGTON, April 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today voted for expanded background checks on gun buyers and for a ban on assault weapons but the Senate rejected those central planks of legislation inspired by the shootings of 20 first-grade students and six teachers in Newtown, Conn.

“Nobody believes that gun control by itself is going to end the horrors we have seen in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., Blacksburg, Va., Tucson, Ariz. and other American communities,” Sanders said. “There is a growing consensus, however, in Vermont and across America that we have got to do as much as we can to end the cold-blooded, mass murders of innocent people. I believe very strongly that we also have got to address the mental health crisis in our country and make certain that help is available for people who may be a danger to themselves and others,” Sanders added.

[FloriTexan]

6. Kick!

[madfloridian]

13. Appreciated.

This just keeps dropping and dropping and so on....

[hifiguy]

2. Kickety rec!

Facts are stubborn things, and selective perception does not make them go away.

[madfloridian]

4. So true.

[hifiguy]

5. Back atcha!

I think it is getting close to beer o'clock here in Minny.

[madfloridian]

8. Enjoy.

[madfloridian]

3. In 2003 the NRA gave him an F.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_02n-NRA.htm

So they really don't care for Bernie Sanders.

[KamaAina]

7. But, but, but what else are the Hillary people going to use to attack him?

[NuclearDem]

9. This assumes the NRA is in anyway a reasonable organization.

I'm not saying Sanders' record isn't mixed, but frankly, the NRA's rating isn't exactly a reasonable metric to judge someone's positions by.

[madfloridian]

10. So do you think indications are he might be reasonable on the issue?

Do you it is fair to have post after post making him sound like he is totally against control of gun issues? I don't.

Do I believe the NRA is a reasonable group to quote? No, not really. But no one has paid a bit of attention to anything reasonable on his stances.

[NuclearDem]

11. I hardly consider Sanders a gun nut.

But I don't particularly like some of his votes against certain pieces of gun control legislation. On the other hand, he has voted for quite a few good control measures.

[madfloridian]

12. Thanks for the response.

I don't consider him one either.

[pnwmom]

14. And in 2006 they gave him a C-. What other Democratic candidate has done that well with the NRA?

[madfloridian]

15. Here's the answer to your question...many of them. Democrats only NRA rating page.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/gun-legislation-where-lawmakers-stand/

If the link takes you to the first page, just click the word Democratic on the left and it will get you to the right page.

It really saddens me that suddenly with all the true things Bernie Sanders is saying, things we have said here at DU for years....that now he is fair game over gun control when he is obviously no extremist.

I don't believe in doing that to Hillary, and I try not to do so.

I hate the way people I have been respected by here at DU, and that I have respected mutually...now see anything I write in a different light because I support Bernie Sanders.

It's kind of sad.