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Throughout his career Representative Mike Simpson has stood up to every attempt by President Obama, Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg and other anti-gun extremists to degrade and erode our Second Amendment rights and hunting heritage.  For the following reasons, Representative Simpson has received our endorsement and "A+" rating:

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Supports the Delisting of Wolves
Sponsored legislation overturning a court decision to put wolves back on the Endangered Species List. 

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Supports Right-to-Carry
Cosponsored and voted for the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act.  This bill would ensure that law-abiding Americans with valid concealed handgun permits would be able to carry a concealed handgun in any other state that does not prohibit concealed carry.

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Opposes a Federal Gun Database
Voted to prevent ATF from circumventing the will of Congress by centralizing records of thousands of Americans’ long gun purchases.

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Opposes Gun Confiscation
Cosponsored and voted for the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act, to prohibit gun confiscation during states of emergency as happened after Hurricane Katrina.

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Opposes the U.N. Gun Ban Treaty
Opposes any international treaty by the United Nations or any other global organization that would impose restrictions on American gun owners.

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Holder Contempt
Voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on both criminal and civil charges for the flawed and tragic Fast and Furious scandal.

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Opposes Government Blacklists
Voted against denying persons on secret government lists their Second Amendment right to purchase or own a firearm without due process. 

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Supports Gun Shows
Voted against a bill that would have effectively eliminated gun shows.  

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Supports America's Hunting Heritage
Cosponsored and voted for the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreation Enhancement Act, that would open and protect access to public lands for hunting, allow citizens to carry firearms on Army Corps land and prohibit the EPA from banning traditional hunting ammunition and fishing tackle.  

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Supports Gun Manufacturers and Dealers
Cosponsored and voted for The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, to prevent the American gun industry from being sued into bankruptcy through bogus lawsuits.

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Supports Access to National Forests and Public Lands
Sponsored legislation prohibiting the Forest Service and BLM from closing public lands to hunting, recreational shooting and target practice.

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Opposes the EPA Ban on Traditional Ammunition
Cosponsored and voted for legislation prohibiting the EPA from banning traditional hunting ammunition and fishing tackle.

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Supports Right-to-Carry on Army Corps Lands
Voted to allow law-abiding citizens to carry firearms on land managed by the Army Corps.  

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Supports Right-to-Carry in Parks
Voted to allow concealed carry permit holders to carry and transport firearms for self-defense in national parks and wildlife refuges.

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Supports Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act
Cosponsored the Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act, to provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members could register firearms acquired overseas between 1934 and 1968 without fear of prosecution.

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Heller Case
Signed the pro-gun congressional “friend of the court” brief in the landmark Heller case, arguing that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to Keep and Bear Arms and that Washington, D.C.’s gun ban was unconstitutional.

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McDonald Case
Signed the pro-gun congressional “friend of the court” brief in the landmarkMcDonald case, arguing that the Second Amendment guarantees the fundamental, individual right of all Americans to Keep and Bear Arms and that Chicago’s gun ban was unconstitutional.

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Opposes Washington D.C.'s Gun Ban
Cosponsored and voted for legislation to repeal the D.C. gun ban/registration statute and restore the right of self-defense to law-abiding residents of our nation’s capital.

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