Explanation: As a gun owner the restrictions and background checks that were in place prior to the 2018 changes, made Vermont one of the safest states.
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Question #2: Would you vote for repealing the present Universal Background Check legislation that now controls the private exchange of firearms in Vermont?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: I'm not going to pass a gun on to someone I do not know or trust.
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Question #3: Would you vote to repeal the restriction on the purchase of firearms by persons under the age of 21?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: If you are old enough and responsible enough to join the service at age 18 then you have the right to purchase a firearm.
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Question #4: Would you vote to repeal the restrictions on ammunition feeding devices (magazines) that hold more than 10 rounds for rifles and 15 rounds for pistols?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #5: Would you vote to repeal the prohibition on the possession and sale of “bump stocks?”
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #6: Would you vote to prohibit sale and possession of semi-automatic firearms?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #7: Would you vote to prohibit the sale and possession of semi-automatic rifles that are styled to resemble military “assault rifles”, such as the AR-15 and AK-47?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: AR does not mean assault rifle.
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Question #8: Would you vote to prohibit the sale and use of lead ammunition?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: 0 |
Explanation: I am torn between this as I know lead can do damage to wildlife and environment.
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Question #9: Would you vote for mandatory state licensing for persons to possess/carry firearms?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: If you pass a background check a license should not be required.
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Question #10: Would you vote for mandatory state registration of all firearms?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #11: Would you vote for a mandatory waiting period before the transfer of a firearm can be completed?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: You have to wait for your background check anyway. Can't buy a handgun out of state anyway.
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Question #12: Would you vote for a mandatory “safe storage” law that requires privately owned firearms to be kept locked in a cabinet, separate from ammunition, or partially disassembled?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: How do you keep your home safe if things are separate or disassembled?
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Question #13: Would you vote to make it illegal to possess firearms in a place that has a liquor license?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #14: Would you vote to allow the state or its municipalities to designate “gun free zones” in which citizens may not lawfully carry a firearm?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: but I would respect places that do have this in order already such as hospitals.
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Question #15: Would you vote to enact civil penalties and/or fines, for towns that violate the Sportsman’s Bill of Rights (1988)?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #16: Would you vote to allow a person to possess, carry, or use a gun suppressor for any legitimate purpose?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #17: Would you vote to expunge the criminal records of non-violent prohibited persons, to recover their Constitutional rights, if they have demonstrated good behavior and responsibility for a number of years?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #18: Would you vote to allow firearm safety training in public schools?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #19: Would you support decisions to have armed guards, and/or properly trained faculty and staff, in public schools and colleges?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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Question #20: Would you vote to prohibit possession of firearms by persons whose names appear on a government-generated watch-list of persons deemed “ineligible” to possess firearms? If so, using what criteria?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: 0 |
Explanation: I am torn on this one.
A. how reliable is the government generated watchlist?
B. what deemed them ineligible?
C. Whose criteria would be utilized?
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