2020 Gun Owners of Vermont Firearm Questionnaire Responses
BROCK CODERRE
Overall Score: 100%

Question #1: Do you support the right of the people of Vermont to “keep and bear arms in defence of themselves and the State” as described by The Vermont Constitution, Chapter 1, Article 16?
Desired Response = YES
Answer: YES

Question #2: Do you support restrictions on this right? If yes, please explain.
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO
Explanation: No additional comment.

Question #3: Do you support the restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms that were passed by the Vermont Legislature in 2018 (Act 94)?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO

Question #4: Would you vote to restrict the purchase, possession, sale, and/or manufacture of commonly owned firearms, including those which may be labeled as “assault style” firearms? If yes, please explain the criteria.
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO
Explanation: No additional comment.

Question #5: Would you vote to place restrictions on the purchase, possession, sale and/or manufacture of ammunition?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO

Question #6: Would you vote to place restrictions on the use of lead ammunition for hunting, self defense, or other purposes?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO

Question #7: Would you vote for mandatory licensing for the carrying of firearms in Vermont?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO

Question #8: Would you vote for mandatory registration of firearms in Vermont?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO
Explanation: Hard NO!

Question #9: Would you vote for mandatory waiting periods before the purchase of a firearm?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO

Question #10: Would you vote for a mandatory “safe storage law” which required privately owned firearms to be kept locked up when not in use?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO

Question #11: Would you vote to prohibit persons who have been arbitrarily placed on government watchlists -such as the “no fly” list- from possessing a firearm?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: NO

Question #12: 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

Question #13: 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

Question #14: Would you vote to allow firearm safety training in public schools?
Desired Response = YES
Answer: YES

Question #15: Would you support the decisions of schoolboards to place armed guards and/or professionally trained faculty and staff in public schools and colleges?
Desired Response = YES
Answer: YES

Question #16: Do you support Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) commonly known as “Red Flag Laws” which allow the seizure of firearms without due process?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: 0

Question #17: Do you support the use of “no knock raids” by law enforcement?
Desired Response = NO
Answer: 0

Question #18: Would you vote to repeal the restrictions on magazine capacity imposed by Act 94?
Desired Response = YES
Answer: 0

Question #19: Would you vote to repeal the restrictions on the private transfer of firearms commonly known as “Universal Background Checks” imposed by Act 94?
Desired Response = YES
Answer: 0

Question #20: Would you vote to repeal the age restrictions for the purchase of a firearm by persons under 21 as imposed by Act 94?
Desired Response = YES
Answer: YES

Essay Question: Please tell us in your own words: what does the right to keep and bear arms mean to you?

To me, it meand that any law-abiding, well-intentioned individual has the right to defend themselves, their families, and the community.
A right that is granted at birth.
A right that should be incredibly difficult for any government to take away.
Additional Comments: Short of nuclear capability, there is NOTHING an American / Vermonter shouldn't be able to own.
I'd like single offenders to be able to own firearms. This includes felons with clearance after rehabilitation procedures have been enacted.