2020 Gun Owners of Vermont Candidate Report
JOHN KLAR
2nd Amendment Stance: STRONG PRO 2A
District: ORA 1
Contest: STATE SENATOR
- (BULLET VOTE FOR 1) -
Party: REPUBLICAN

Additional Comments: John has a long record of pro-gun activity, going way back to 2013 when John sold a shotgun in the parking lot of the Barre Gun Show, in front of a police car, in defiance of Mayor Lauzon's order not to sell firearms without a license.

Mailing Address:
35 FERRIS ROAD
BROOKFIELD, VT 05036
Phone Number: (802) 276-5160
Send Email to JOHN KLAR: FARMERJOHNKLAR@GMAIL.COM
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Articles On Candidate's Stance and Actions on Gun Control:
Source #19: 8/6/2020: Comparing Gun Laws with Pollution (Discussion on PHIL BARUTH's gun bills)
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=318921482569588
Source #18: 7/30/2020: VTDigger Dividing lines: Where candidates for the top two offices stand on the issues
"— Believes Vermont’s magazine ban and the background check laws are unconstitutional.
— Wants to freeze all gun laws “as a truce” so that more focus can be placed on the economy and the Covid-19 crisis."

https://vtdigger.org/2020/07/30/dividing-lines-where-candidates-for-the-top-two-offices-stand-on-the-issues/
Source #17: 7/22/2020: “I stood up when gun stores were not told whether they could operate or not — some of them were closed down while other businesses were allowed to open,”
“I’m running because I have watched our gun rights thrown away...”

https://vtdigger.org/2020/07/22/scott-takes-heat-from-republican-challengers-during-debate/
Source #16: 2020: John Klar Calls for Recognition That Gun Sales Are an Essential Service
https://klar2020.com/Article/John-Klar-Calls-For-Recognition-That-Gun-Sales-Are-An-Essential-Service
Source #15: 2/19/2020: Vermonters voice opposition, support for domestic violence gun bill
https://vtdigger.org/2020/02/19/vermonters-voice-opposition-support-for-domestic-violence-gun-bill-%ef%bb%bf/
Source #14: 2/5/2020: Hands are Deadly Weapons
https://johnklar.wordpress.com/2020/02/05/hands-are-deadly-weapons/
Source #13: 1/27/2020: Indoctrination Education: Public Schools Are Now Liberal/Progressive Programming Facilities
https://johnklar.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/indoctrination-education-public-schools-are-now-liberal-progressive-programming-facilities/
Source #12: 1/27/2020: Vermont Attacks the US Constitution (Again): Closing the “Charleston Loophole”
https://johnklar.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/vermont-attacks-the-us-constitution-again-closing-the-charleston-loophole/
Source #11: 10/26/2019: Guns, Cannabis, and Confederate Flags: The Insidious Creep of Tyranny
https://johnklar.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/guns-cannabis-and-confederate-flags-the-insidious-creep-of-tyranny/
Source #10: 2/26/19: John Klar: Why I’m joining the NRA
http://www.truenorthreports.com/why-im-joining-the-nra
Source #9: 5/8/2018: John Klar: Values — not birthplace — define a Vermonter
https://vtdigger.org/2018/05/08/john-klar-values-not-birthplace-define-a-vermonter/
Source #8: 4/20/2018: Vermont’s ‘taking game’ and universal background checks
http://www.truenorthreports.com/vermonts-taking-game-and-universal-background-checks
Source #7: 2/9/2018: John Klar: Gun legislation would restrict constitutional liberties
"Vermont... has secretly provided the database of medical marijuana users to the federal government so that those Vermonters cannot purchase a gun ever again."
"The Vermont Legislature cannot be trusted with our guns."
"But gun control advocates don’t care at all, because they wish to seize all guns eventually. The Second Amendment was incorporated to prevent exactly that."

https://vtdigger.org/2018/02/09/john-klar-gun-legislation-restrict-constitutional-liberties/
Source #6: 10/18/2017: John Klar: Preserving Americans’ Second Amendment freedoms
https://vtdigger.org/2017/10/18/john-klar-preserving-americans-second-amendment-freedoms/
Source #5: 10/12/2016: John Klar: So you think background checks are OK?
https://vtdigger.org/2016/10/12/john-klar-think-background-checks-ok/
Source #4: 9/23/2016: John Klar: Watch the birdie politics
https://vtdigger.org/2016/09/23/john-klar-watch-birdie-politics/
Source #3: 8/16/2016: John Klar: Hunting for the Second Amendment
https://vtdigger.org/2016/08/16/john-klar-hunting-second-amendment/
Source #2: 2013: Politics in the crosshairs at popular Barre gun show. John defies Mayor's order regarding firearm sales.
https://www.timesargus.com/news/politics-in-the-crosshairs-at-popular-barre-gun-show/article_f41c1c1a-4684-5786-977d-64902e663b6a.html

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