As of 2010 , Coons had a " F " rating from the National Rifle Association due to his stance on gun control . In 2015 , Coons co-signed a letter to Obama , along with 23 other Democratic Senators , asking the president to take executive action on gun control in the wake of the Umpqua Community College shooting . Coons supported the Feinstein Amendment , which sought to ban known and suspected terrorists from buying firearms . The next year , Coons participated in the Chris Murphy gun control filibuster
Umpqua Community College shooting
Umpqua Community College shooting
Chris Coons