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Blunt has an "A" rating from the [[NRA Political Victory Fund]] (NRA-PVF) and has been endorsed in multiple elections.<ref name="NRAPVF-2010">{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF Endorses Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate in Missouri |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20100903/nra-pvf-endorses-roy-blunt-for-us-senate |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812193327/https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20100903/nra-pvf-endorses-roy-blunt-for-us-senate |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |language=en-US |date=September 3, 2010 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="NRAPVF-2016">{{cite web|title=NRA Endorses Roy Blunt for Re-Election to U.S. Senate|url=https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20160810/nra-endorses-roy-blunt-for-re-election-to-us-senate|website=NRA-PVF|date=August 10, 2016|access-date=October 5, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005101136/https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20160810/nra-endorses-roy-blunt-for-re-election-to-us-senate|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
In April 2013, Blunt was one of forty-six senators to vote against the passing of a bill which would have expanded background checks for all gun buyers. Blunt voted with 40 Republicans and 5 Democrats to stop the bill, which failed to pass.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control|work=The New York Times|first=Nate|last=Silver|title=Modeling the Senate's Vote on Gun Control|date=April 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420020054/http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control|archive-date=April 20, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Weisman|first=Jonathan|date=April 17, 2013|title=Senate Blocks Drive for Gun Control|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/us/politics/senate-obama-gun-control.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York|access-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420013710/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/us/politics/senate-obama-gun-control.html|archive-date=April 20, 2013|quote=In rapid succession, a bipartisan compromise to expand background checks for gun buyers, a ban on assault weapons and a ban on high-capacity gun magazines all failed to get the 60 votes needed under an agreement between both parties.}}{{
One month after the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], Blunt voted for two Republican-sponsored bills. The first was proposed by [[John Cornyn]] and would have enabled a 72-hour waiting period for federal authorities to investigate individuals seeking to buy guns who are listed on the terrorist watch list. The second bill, proposed by [[Chuck Grassley]], would have expanded background checks and made it illegal for individuals with certain [[mental health]] disorders to purchase guns. Neither bill passed. Blunt voted against two Democrat-sponsored bills, both which also did not pass, including one that would have made background checks required for online gun sales and gun sales at gun shows and another that would have not allowed anyone on the terrorist watchlist to purchase a gun.<ref name="Wise1005G">{{cite web|last1=Wise|first1=Lindsay|title=How did Missouri, Kansas senators vote on gun legislation?|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article84936042.html|website=The Kansas City Star|access-date=October 5, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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