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Question #2: Do you support restrictions on this right? If yes, please explain.
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: YES |
Explanation: There are legitimate public interests in restricting firearm access to those convicted of violent crimes or domestic abuse, or those with severe mental health issues who have been adjudicated a threat to themselves / others. This right being one of our primary rights, all restrictions should require legal due process.
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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 |
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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.
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Question #5: Would you vote to place restrictions on the purchase, possession, sale and/or manufacture of ammunition?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
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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: YES |
Explanation: Only hunting. Lead ammunition should be allowed for all other purposes.
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Question #7: Would you vote for mandatory licensing for the carrying of firearms in Vermont?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
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Question #8: Would you vote for mandatory registration of firearms in Vermont?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
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Question #9: Would you vote for mandatory waiting periods before the purchase of a firearm?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Question #14: Would you vote to allow firearm safety training in public schools?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: 0 |
Explanation: Off-campus, and with coordination and oversight from local law enforcement agencies.
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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 |
Explanation: Again with coordination and oversight from local law enforcement.
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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 |
Explanation: I do support these laws, but only with due process before any removal of property, and a high standard of evidence required.
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Question #17: Do you support the use of “no knock raids” by law enforcement?
Desired Response = NO |
| Answer: NO |
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Question #18: Would you vote to repeal the restrictions on magazine capacity imposed by Act 94?
Desired Response = YES |
| Answer: NO |
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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: NO |
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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: NO |
Explanation: But I would expand certificate requirement to include private firearms safety courses.
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Essay Question: Please tell us in your own words: what does the right to keep and bear arms mean to you?
As somebody who experienced bullying as a kid and both violent assault and property crimes as an adult, the right to keep and bear arms represents the greatest equalizing force there is for the powerless. It is for this reason it is one of the most important right, but also why it comes with great responsibility. We must protect this right with everything, while ensuring the next generation understands and appreciates the great power that comes with it.
| Additional Comments: I look forward to listening to and working with GOV and others to protect Vermont's traditions of responsible gun ownership, as well as hunting, fishing, and trapping, which are increasingly under attack.
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