DICK SEARS

2nd Amendment Stance: ANTI-GUN

District: Bennington Senate (Vote for 2)

Contest: For State Senator (WIN)

Party: Democratic

2nd Amendment Stance, Legislative Action and Voting History: Sponsored: S.94 (bad) S.216 S.277 (bad) Voted YEA on H.735

Additional Comments: MULTIPLE SPONSOR: Sponsored S.94: This bill proposes to require the Department of Mental Health to report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Sponsored S.277: This bill proposes... to establish procedures for the storage of firearms surrendered pursuant to a relief from abuse order (see H.735). Pushed hard to get H.735 passed even though he "voiced" opinions to the unconstitutionality and the method of 'hiding' it in a fee bill in the newspapers.

Mailing Address: 343 MATTESON RD NORTH BENNINGTON, VT 05257-

Phone Number: (802) 442-9139

Send Email to DICK SEARS: senator6@hotmail.com

Candidate Articles:

Article #1: Sponsored S.94: This bill proposes to require the Department of Mental Health to report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 when a person is subject to a hospitalization order or nonhospitalization order as the result of a mental illness which causes the person to be a danger to him- or herself or others or when a person is found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity or incompetent to stand trial due to a mental illness.

Article #2: Sponsored S.277: This bill proposes... to establish procedures for the storage of firearms surrendered pursuant to a relief from abuse order (see H.735).

Article #3: Article showing the hypocrisy of Vermont politicians and the NRA that gives high rating to anti-gun politicians.

Article #4: On H.735: Sen. Alice Nitka, D-Windsor, asked whether Burlington police have ever seen a case where a judge said not to take guns from someone because police had no storage. "No, we'll annex the building before we do that," [chief] Schirling said. That prompted Sen. Joe Benning, R-Caledonia, to ask: "Do we actually have a problem?" "Yes," Sears responded. "If we don't pass this, we have a problem."