One day after the 2015 San Bernardino attack , Wicker voted against a bill , co-sponsored by a Democrat and a Republican , that would make background checks mandatory when an individual bought a gun . He voted against it because he feared it would have " opened the door to a national gun registry . " In 2017 , Wicker voted in favor of " a joint resolution of disapproval aimed at former President Obama ’s executive action requiring the Social Security Administration ( SSA ) place beneficiaries on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System “ mental defective ” list . " Wicker asked the United States Navy to deny the admission of a secular humanist to the Chaplain Corps , stating that : " It is troubling that the Navy could allow a self-avowed atheist to serve in the Chaplain Corps . " The following is a partial summary of Wicker 's election results
2015 San Bernardino attack
2015 San Bernardino attack
Roger Wicker