Rating Group: Gun Owners' Action League
2012 Positions on Gun Rights [Incumbents]
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Swan, Sr. | 40% | |||
| Walter Timilty | 40% | |||
| Steven Walsh | 40% | |||
| Garrett Bradley | 60% | |||
| James Cantwell | 60% | |||
| Gailanne Cariddi | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan | Democratic | 60% |
| Harriette Chandler | 60% | |||
| MA | Councilor - At-Large | Sean Curran | 60% | |
| Robert DeLeo | 60% | |||
| James Dwyer | 60% | |||
| Christopher Fallon | 60% | |||
| Robert Fennell | 60% | |||
| Brian Joyce | 60% | |||
| Thomas Kennedy | 60% | |||
| Tim Madden | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - Eleventh Norfolk | Paul McMurtry | Democratic | 60% |
| Kevin Murphy | 60% | |||
| Eugene O'Flaherty | 60% | |||
| Anthony Petruccelli | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | Democratic | 60% |
| Dennis Rosa | 60% | |||
| Angelo Scaccia | 60% | |||
| Paul Schmid III | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - Ninth Middlesex | Thomas Stanley | Democratic | 60% |
| Cleon Turner | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | Democratic | 80% |
| Jen Benson | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Third Hampden | Nicholas Boldyga | Republican | 80% |
| Tom Calter III | 80% | |||
| Brian Dempsey | 80% | |||
| Kenneth Donnelly | 80% | |||
| Benjamin Downing | 80% | |||
| MA | State Senate - Worcester and Hampshire | Peter Durant | Republican | 80% |
| Carolyn Dykema | 80% | |||
| John Fernandes | 80% | |||
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | Democratic | 80% |
| Tom Golden, Jr. | 80% | |||
| Patricia Haddad | 80% | |||
| Sheila Harrington | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | Democratic | 80% |
| Randy Hunt | 80% | |||
| Louis Kafka | 80% | |||
| Robert Koczera | 80% | |||
| Steven Levy | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Twenty-Second Middlesex | Marc Lombardo | Republican | 80% |
| James Lyons, Jr. | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | Democratic | 80% |
| MA | State Senate - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Paul Mark | Democratic | 80% |
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Swan, Sr. | 40% | |||
| Walter Timilty | 40% | |||
| Steven Walsh | 40% | |||
| Garrett Bradley | 60% | |||
| James Cantwell | 60% | |||
| Gailanne Cariddi | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan | D | 60% |
| Harriette Chandler | 60% | |||
| MA | Councilor - At-Large | Sean Curran | 60% | |
| Robert DeLeo | 60% | |||
| James Dwyer | 60% | |||
| Christopher Fallon | 60% | |||
| Robert Fennell | 60% | |||
| Brian Joyce | 60% | |||
| Thomas Kennedy | 60% | |||
| Tim Madden | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - Eleventh Norfolk | Paul McMurtry | D | 60% |
| Kevin Murphy | 60% | |||
| Eugene O'Flaherty | 60% | |||
| Anthony Petruccelli | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | D | 60% |
| Dennis Rosa | 60% | |||
| Angelo Scaccia | 60% | |||
| Paul Schmid III | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - Ninth Middlesex | Thomas Stanley | D | 60% |
| Cleon Turner | 60% | |||
| MA | State House - First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | D | 80% |
| Jen Benson | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Third Hampden | Nicholas Boldyga | R | 80% |
| Tom Calter III | 80% | |||
| Brian Dempsey | 80% | |||
| Kenneth Donnelly | 80% | |||
| Benjamin Downing | 80% | |||
| MA | State Senate - Worcester and Hampshire | Peter Durant | R | 80% |
| Carolyn Dykema | 80% | |||
| John Fernandes | 80% | |||
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | D | 80% |
| Tom Golden, Jr. | 80% | |||
| Patricia Haddad | 80% | |||
| Sheila Harrington | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | D | 80% |
| Randy Hunt | 80% | |||
| Louis Kafka | 80% | |||
| Robert Koczera | 80% | |||
| Steven Levy | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Twenty-Second Middlesex | Marc Lombardo | R | 80% |
| James Lyons, Jr. | 80% | |||
| MA | State House - Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | D | 80% |
| MA | State Senate - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Paul Mark | D | 80% |