2016 Dem Position Hillary Clinton Senator: 2001-2009 Joe Biden Senator: 1973-2009 VP: 2009- Martin O’Malley Governor: 2007-2015 Jim Webb Senator: 2007-2013 Elizabeth Warren Senator: 2013- Bernie Sanders Rep.: 1991-2007 Senator: 2007- Lincoln Chafee Senator: 1999-2007 Governor: 2011-2015 NSA Endorsed USA Freedom Act, which would roll back domestic surveillance. [MSNBC, 5/7/15] Supported scaling back domestic surveillance. [Atlantic, 2/25/15] 2006: Opposed bulk collection of metadata. [Business Insider, 7/5/13] Did not appear to oppose NSA surveillance. [Politico, 2/17/14] Believed bulk data collected on Americans not accused of terrorism or crime should be destroyed. [Richmond Times-Dispatch, 12/3/14] Opposed bulk collection of metadata. [Office of Senator Sanders, 5/7/15] Opposes bulk collection of metadata. [US News, 4/10/15] Snowden Said she could never condone Snowden’s leaks. [The Week, 2/25/15] Called Snowden a “fugitive of American justice” and urged Ecuador not to grant him asylum. [Cleveland Plain Dealer, 6/29/13] Called Snowden an “internal threat.” [Associated Press, 7/9/14] Defended Snowden and said he deserved leniency. [USA Today, 1/6/14] Hinted he may be open to pardoning Snowden, and would announce a position on the matter. [US News, 4/10/15] GUNS 2016 Dem Position Hillary Clinton Senator: 2001-2009 Joe Biden Senator: 1973-2009 VP: 2009- Martin O’Malley Governor: 2007-2015 Jim Webb Senator: 2007-2013 Elizabeth Warren Senator: 2013- Bernie Sanders Rep.: 1991-2007 Senator: 2007- Lincoln Chafee Senator: 1999-2007 Governor: 2011-2015 Background checks Supports universal background checks. [TIME, 6/17/14] Supports universal background checks. [Biden op-ed, Houston Chronicle, 5/3/13] Called for federal gun control legislation. [Baltimore Sun, 9/20/13] Opposes gun control. [Bloomberg, 9/7/14] 2013: Voted for universal background checks (bill did not become law). [S.Amdt. 715, S.649, Vote 97, 113th Congress, 4/17/13] 2013: Voted for universal background checks (bill did not become law). [S.Amdt. 715, S.649, Vote 97, 113th Congress, 4/17/13] 1993: Voted against universal background checks. [H.R. 1025, Vote 614, 103rd Congress, 11/22/93] 2013: Supported reviewing sources used in background checks in Rhode Island. [Associated Press, 5/15/13] Assault weapons ban Supports assault weapons ban. [Politico, 6/17/14] 2004: Voted for renewal of federal assault weapons ban (bill did not become law). [S. Amdt. 2637, S. 1805, Vote 24, 108th Congress, 3/2/04] Supports assault weapons ban. [The Hill, 3/20/13] 2004: Voted for renewal of federal assault weapons ban (bill did not become law). [S. Amdt. 2637, S. 1805, Vote 24, 108th Congress, 3/2/04] Signed assault weapons ban law. [NBC, 7/25/14] Opposes gun control. [Bloomberg, 9/7/14] 2013: Voted for assault weapons ban. [S.Amdt. 711, S. 649, Vote 101, 113th Congress 4/17/13] 2013: Voted for assault weapons ban. [S.Amdt. 711, S. 649, Vote 101, 113th Congress 4/17/13] 2013: Supported assault weapon ban in Rhode Island. [Associated Press, 5/15/13] 2004: Voted for renewal of federal assault weapons ban (bill did not become law). [S. Amdt. 2637, S. 1805, Vote 24, 108th