Chuck Grassley

=== Gun law ===
[[File:Chuck Grassley 1979 congressional photo.jpg|thumb|Grassley during his time in the U.S. House of Representatives]]
In 2010, Grassley had an "A" rating from the [[NRA Political Victory Fund]] (NRA-PVF),<ref name="Vote Smart1004G">{{cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1324/rating/5589#.WdUz0RNSxE4|website=Vote Smart|access-date=October 4, 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000427/https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1324/rating/5589#.WdUz0RNSxE4|archive-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> rising to "A+" ratings and endorsements in 2016 and 2022.<ref name="nrapvf-2016">{{cite web |title=VOTE FREEDOM FIRST ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH – VOTE CHUCK GRASSLEY FOR U.S. SENATE! |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/emails/2016/iowa/nra-pvf-endorses-chuck-grassley-for-us-senate/ |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115210045/https://www.nrapvf.org/emails/2016/iowa/nra-pvf-endorses-chuck-grassley-for-us-senate/ |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |language=en-US |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF - Grades - Iowa |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/iowa |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108112323/https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/iowa |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |language=en-US |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="nrapvf-2022">{{cite web |title=Vote Freedom First. Vote Chuck Grassley for U.S. Senate! |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/campaigns/2022/vote-chuck-grassley/ |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009182925/https://www.nrapvf.org/campaigns/2022/vote-chuck-grassley/ |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |language=en-US |url-status=live}}</ref> According to a source from [[Splinter News]], Grassley received $9,900 from the NRA during his 2016 election.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Rafi|title=Every Member of Congress Who Took Money From the NRA and Tweeted 'Thoughts and Prayers' to Las Vegas|url=https://splinternews.com/every-member-of-congress-who-took-money-from-the-nra-an-1819059582|website=Splinter News|date=October 10, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222204428/https://splinternews.com/every-member-of-congress-who-took-money-from-the-nra-an-1819059582|url-status=live}}</ref>

Grassley is a staunch believer that gun laws will not prevent gun deaths or gun-related violence without improved mental health care.<ref name="Shabad1004G">{{cite web|last1=Shabad|first1=Rebecca|title=Grassley: Gun control ineffective until mental issues are addressed|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/182744-grassley-gun-control-ineffective-until-mental-issues-are-addressed/|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=October 4, 2017|date=September 18, 2013|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005100653/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/323037-grassley-gun-control-ineffective-until-mental-issues-are-addressed|archive-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> Grassley opposed the Manchin-Toomey gun control amendment, and instead proposed alternative legislation to increase prosecutions of gun violence and increase reporting of mental health data in background checks.<ref name="Ed Tibbetts"/>

In 2016, one month after the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], Grassley proposed legislation to expand state-to-state access to background check data and to make it illegal for government officials to sell criminals guns as part of sting operations. Both proposals were rejected by the Senate.<ref name="Lejeune1004G">{{cite web|last1=Lejeune|first1=Tristan|title=Senate rejects gun control background check measures|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/284182-senate-rejects-first-background-check-bill/|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=October 4, 2017|date=June 20, 2016|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004013116/http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/284182-senate-rejects-first-background-check-bill|archive-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> Additionally, he voted against the Democrats' Feinstein Amendment, which would make it illegal to sell guns to individuals on the terror watchlist and a Republican-sponsored bill that expanded funding for background checks.<ref name="APDMR1004G">{{cite web|title=Ernst, Grassley vote with GOP on gun control|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ernst-grassley-vote-gop-gun-control/86164366/|website=[[Des Moines Register]]|access-date=October 4, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In early 2017, Grassley sponsored legislation that expanded access to firearms by mentally disabled individuals, claiming that the previous ban against mentally ill individuals purchasing guns "mistreats disabled Americans".<ref name="Benen1004G">{{cite web|last1=Benen|first1=Steve|author-link1=Steve Benen|title=Senate Republicans vote to expand gun access for mentally impaired|url=https://msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-republicans-vote-expand-gun-access-mentally-impaired|website=[[MSNBC]]|date=February 15, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003193943/http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-republicans-vote-expand-gun-access-mentally-impaired|archive-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref> In response to the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]], he said it was unlikely that gun laws would change in the wake of the shooting due to Congress being Republican-dominated.<ref name="Noble1004G">{{cite web|last1=Noble|first1=Jason|title=Grassley: Las Vegas shooting unlikely to move Congress on gun control|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/10/04/las-vegas-shooting-congress-gun-control-chuck-grassley/731971001/|website=[[Des Moines Register]]|access-date=October 4, 2017|language=en}}</ref> A day after the [[Douglas High School shooting]] in [[Parkland, Florida]], Grassley said the government had not done enough to prevent individuals with a mental illness from obtaining firearms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/politics/grassley-guns/index.html|title=Grassley: Gov't needs to do better on mental health and guns|author=Sarah Mucha|website=[[CNN]]|date=February 15, 2018 |access-date=January 25, 2019|archive-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104072858/https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/politics/grassley-guns/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>