2020 Gun Owners of Vermont Candidate Report
RAMA SCHNEIDER
2nd Amendment Stance: EXTREMELY ANTI-GUN
District: Orange 1
(Vote up to 2)
Contest: STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Party: INDEPENDENT

Additional Comments: Constantly writing in the VT Digger calling for Universal Background Checks, bans on modern sporting rifles, and concealed carry licensing, restrictions on magazine size, ballistic fingerprinting and more!.

Mailing Address:
1614 GILBERT RD
WILLIAMSTOWN, VT 5679
Phone Number: (802) 433-5441 Ext.
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MULTIPLE ANTI-GUN COMMENTS:
Rama Schneider:
March 12, 2013 at 4:54 pm
A simple start:
>1) Require every firearm be accompanied by a title that connects that specific firearm to an individual or business. That title must be transferred along with a change of ownership whenever that firearm is transferred to another individual or business.

2) Require ballistic finger printing of every firearm and make it illegal to change the barrel of that firearm without submitting a new round for ballistic finger printing.

3) Require full background checks for both parties for any and all transfers of firearms.

March 13, 2013 at 6:08 am:
We go back to Clinton’s idea of tagging the explosives but in this case apply it to the propellent used in the shotgun shells (or any other ballistic round for that matter).
Every batch of ballistic propellent is properly tagged, and the both the seller and purchaser have to provide proof of identity.

March 13, 2013 at 6:15 am
the 2nd amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
It is about right to bear weaponry in defense of the STATE within the context of a well regulated militia. It has nothing to do with a personal desire to overthrow the government, it has nothing to do with self defense, and it has nothing to do with hunting.

The Vermont constitution enshrines your right to self defense, and by virtue of that the Vermont Supreme Court has found that handguns are an appropriate extension of that right. Under Vermont law your ability to own and use long barreled firearms (I’m talking rifles, shotguns and other firearms generally used for hunting) can be, and for that matter is, restricted.

Question Posed: “The estimated total number of guns held by civilians in the United States is 270,000,0001… How do you plan to bell that cat Rama? Enter everyones home and do a search to see what they have for firearms?
Rama Schneider: March 13, 2013 at 7:31 am:
To paraphrase (or maybe accidentally quote): “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

There’s a process that starts with the low hanging fruit (see – if we’re going for a long walk we need some food). New sales, public sales, hunting licenses – these would all make for the perfect time to say “What firearm is involved? Let’s get a title on that.” Many states require licenses for concealed carry permits – perfect time to say “Titled handguns only.”

One thing that absolutely cannot be done is nothing.

March 14, 2013 at 7:06 am:
I’m pushing for a similar system for firearms not so much for the theft prevention (although that would to some degree be a beneficial side effect), but instead as a means to trace firearms from the manufacturer to the dealer to the personal purchaser to the … I’m pushing to bring some real accountability and responsibility to society into this whole firearms thing.

If manufacturers are simply letting firearms loose to any dealer who wants to buy a lot for retail and that dealer has no concern regarding straw purchasers then we should know this and be able to stop it. If an individual is purchasing firearms legally and then bringing them to another location to sell them to all comers we should know this and be able to stop it. Those are just examples.

And quite frankly I think it would be a good thing to make folks jump through some hoops to purchase a firearm – it would begin to slow the flood.

March 13, 2013 at 6:01 am:
Titles for firearms is not impractical – it will take effort but it’s eminently doable. The real world use is simple: start tracking where firearms came from and where they went to. There is no other way we can start holding the irresponsible responsible for how they sell, purchase or otherwise transfer firearms.

We can place a title with every automobile in the country – we sure as hell have the infrastructure and capacity to do the same with firearms.

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MULTIPLE ANTI-GUN COMMENTS:
Rama Schneider September 12, 2013 at 8:34 am
An armed society is not a safe society – you can look all around the world (including the United States) for evidence of that.

You want to own a firearm? Fine, but let’s attach a title to each and every firearm that binds that firearm to an individual or business who will be accountable to society for that firearm. Let’s make each and every transfer of firearms, and I’m including intra-family, subject to a background check. Let’s make the owner of a firearm legally responsible for the safe storage of that firearm.
Let’s work to end insane laws that such as those that say it’s okay to shoot and kill someone simply because you become afraid (you know – the stand your ground so you can stop feeling impotent due to your big gun laws).
In other words – let’s make firearms ownership a thing to be taken extremely seriously and something that acknowledges ownership of such a dangerous implement comes with a huge responsibility to society.
I remember sitting in a Montpelier City Council meeting back in the 1990s as the push was begun to do away with local ordinances that restricted the carrying of handguns. The lawyer for the Vermont based gun group that was leading the charge (can’t remember the name at the moment) explained to the City Council that Montpelier’s ordinance against carrying a loaded handgun was an undue burden because sometimes she simply forgot that her handgun was loaded.

September 13, 2013 at 1:49 pm

1) Titles that legally attach each and every firearm to an individual or business.
2) Legal liability that recognizes the lethality of today’s firearms and the owner by title’s responsibilities to society at large. This means, as examples, prompt title transfer upon firearms transfer; prompt reporting of theft; responsibility for safe storage; responsibility for assuring those who are allowed to use the weapon do so in a safe manner.
3) Background checks for EVERY transfer of firearms including inter-family.
4) Drain the swamp – mandatory destruction of every firearm legally seized by the government.
5) End “stand your ground” laws … the use of deadly force in self defense must be returned to a method of last resort.
These are all common sense gun safety and gun control measures.

September 14, 2013 at 7:42 am
I contend our problems with firearms stem from too many that are too lethal and too easy to obtain. Part of my solution is removing firearms from existence – society is far better served by a level of disarming. I’m not interested in taking away firearms (with exceptions for those that due to a propensity for violence and other mutually agreed upon reasons).

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