Explanation: I support all of the Articles in the Vermont Constitution and all of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution.
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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 will/would write the bill repealing S.55, H.221 and H.422.
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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: See comments on #2.
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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: See comments on #2.
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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: See comments on #2.
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Question #6: Would you vote to prohibit sale and possession of semi-automatic firearms?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: A majority of hunting rifles are semi-auto and most handguns. No!
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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: See comments on #6.
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Question #8: Would you vote to prohibit the sale and use of lead ammunition?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: No additional comment.
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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: The Government doesn't need to know, our laws and Constitution are more than adequate.
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Question #10: Would you vote for mandatory state registration of all firearms?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
Explanation: Absolutely not!
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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: The federal background check is more than enough. I also feel after a federal background check is complete the records must be destroyed, otherwise the government has a registry.
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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: Very difficult to defend against home invasion if your guns are locked up. Parents need to teach children gun safety. Not the government's job.
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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: "Gun Free Zones" = Victim Zones!
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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: I would also push for perjury charges against legislators and governors who violate their Oath of Office!
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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: Yes, I have someone close to me who committed a non-violent crime when they were very young. They have learned and are now an asset to society.
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Question #18: Would you vote to allow firearm safety training in public schools?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: Our younger generations need to learn the importance of keeping and bearing arms.
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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: Yes, a "real" solution to school shootings!
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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: NO |
Explanation: Innocent until proven guilty!
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