Editing Dan Coats (section)

===Gun laws===
On multiple occasions, Coats has supported gun control measures. In 1991, he voted in favor of the Biden-Thurmond [[Violent Crime Control Act]]. This act, which did not become law, would have created a waiting period for handgun purchases and placed a ban on assault weapons.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 21, 1991 |title=Text – S.1241 – 102nd Congress (1991–1992): Biden-Thurmond Violent Crime Control Act of 1991 &#124; Congress.gov &#124; Library of Congress |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/senate-bill/1241/text |access-date=January 23, 2017 |website=Congress.gov}}</ref> Subsequently, he supported the [[Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]] that [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|President]] Clinton signed into law in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |last=Macy |first=Tim |date=February 11, 2010 |title=Dan Coats, Gun Control and the Indiana Senate Primary |url=http://gunowners.org/op02112010tm.htm |access-date=August 10, 2011 |publisher=Gunowners.org}}</ref> The legislation imposed a waiting period before a handgun could be transferred to an individual by a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer. This waiting period ended when the computerized instant check system came online. Coats also supported Feinstein Amendment 1152 to the [[Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act]] of 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=1&vote=00375 |access-date=August 10, 2011 |publisher=Senate.gov}}</ref> The purpose of the Feinstein Amendment was to "restrict the manufacture, transfer, and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices".<ref>{{cite web |date=November 17, 1993 |title=Bill Summary & Status – 103rd Congress (1993–1994) – S.AMDT.1152 |url=https://www.congress.gov/amendment/103rd-congress/senate-amendment/1152 |website=Congress.gov}}</ref>

[[File:President Bush Congratulates Judge Alito on Senate Confirmation.jpg|thumb|Coats with President George W. Bush in January 2006]]
In April 2013, Coats was one of forty-six senators to vote against passage of a bill which would have expanded background checks for gun buyers. Coats voted with 40 Republicans and five Democrats to stop the passage of the bill.<ref>{{cite news |last=Silver |first=Nate |date=April 18, 2013 |title=Modeling the Senate's Vote on Gun Control |work=The New York Times |url=https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control/}}</ref>