In 2013 , along with 12 other Republican Senators , Risch threatened to filibuster any bills Democrats introduced that Republicans perceived as a threat to 2nd Amendment rights , including expanded background checks . In an interview with National Public Radio , he said that Americans ' right to keep and bear arms includes " a right to purchase one a gun , to sell one , to trade in one , and you really have to have a robust market if indeed you 're going to have a constitutional right . " He also said that additional background checks would mean that gun dealers would " have to deal with the federal bureaucracy , which is very , very difficult to deal with . " In response to the Orlando nightclub shooting , Risch and Crapo said the shooting was not a reason to call for gun-control legislation
Orlando nightclub shooting
Orlando nightclub shooting
Jim Risch