Well, so much depends on who is doing the grading ...
How the National Rifle Association Rates Lawmakers
NYTimes.com, interactive maps -- UPDATED December 19, 2012
The National Rifle Association gives members of Congress a grade ranging from A to F that reflects their voting record on gun rights.
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Green districts are the NRA A's; tan are the D's and F's (The "Failures" in NRA's eyes.)
The map is interactive if you click the main article link. It let's you inspect the NRA Grade your rep has gotten.
Why should we care about what grade our rep or senator has from the NRA?
Well because this is the Question that the president has asked us, to ask them ...
Obama Calls On Each And Every American To Stand Up To The NRA
by Igor Volsky, thinkprogress.org -- Jan 16, 2013
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[President] Obama urged the public to ask lawmakers
“what’s more important? Doing whatever it takes to get an ‘A’ grade from the gun lobby that funds their campaigns, or giving parents some peace of mind when they drop their child off for first grade?”
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And about that "Gun Lobby" calling the shots in DC, here's one way how they grease those wheels (in addition to
grading Congress' homework):
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What ever happened to S.35 ?
by jamess -- Jan 17, 2013
Will Congress end up with a "Failing Grade" on the considering and then passing some "common sense" Gun Safety measures this time around, in the age of "guns gone wild" in America?
Measures like eliminating Amour-piercing bullets, designed for just one thing.
I guess it all depends on who finally ends up "grading them" ... the 2014 Final Grading period, is just around the corner, you know.