2020 Gun Owners of Vermont Candidate Report
KESHA RAM HINSDALE
2nd Amendment Stance: EXTREMELY ANTI-GUN
District: CHI SE 1
Contest: STATE SENATOR
Party: DEMOCRATIC

State Web Page 2016:
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State Web Page 2014:
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Additional Comments: Received 2022 GunSenseVT Gun Control ENDORSEMENT!
Kesha proposed TEN Anti-Gun bills over the last 3 sessions.

Mailing Address:
P.O. BOX 4491
BURLINGTON, VT 05406
Phone Number: (802) 881-4433
Send Email to KESHA RAM HINSDALE: KESHA.RAM@GMAIL.COM
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Candidate's Actions on Gun Control Bills:

2021-2022 Gun Bills:
Bill #12: 2021-2022: VOTED FOR S.4 (ACT 87) (BAD): An act relating to procedures involving firearms
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2022/S.4
Bill #11: 2021-2022: VOTED FOR S.30 (BAD): An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2022/S.30

2015-2016 Gun Bills:
Bill #10: 2015-2016: SPONSORED H.90 (BAD) Burlington Charter Change (Ver 1) - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington regarding police confiscation or seizure of deadly or dangerous weapons.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.090
Bill #9: 2015-2016: SPONSORED H.91 (BAD) Burlington Charter Change (Ver 1) - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington requiring firearms to be locked in safe storage depositories or placed in locking devices.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.091
Bill #8: 2015-2016: SPONSORED H.92 (BAD) Burlington Charter Change (Ver 1) - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington prohibiting firearms on properties of establishments licensed to serve alcohol on premises.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.092
Bill #7: 2015-2016: SPONSORED H.566 (BAD): Subject: Municipal government; municipal charters; City of Burlington; amendment; firearms; safe storage depository; locking device

Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to approve an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington that would require that when a firearm is not in a person’s immediate possession or control, it must be locked in a safe storage depository or, by using a locking device, rendered incapable of being fired.

http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.566
Bill #6: 2015-2016: SPONSORED H.567 (BAD): Subject: Municipal government; municipal charters; City of Burlington; amendment; firearm, ammunition, or deadly or dangerous weapon; probable cause; domestic assault; police confiscation

Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to approve an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington that would allow a police officer to confiscate temporarily a deadly or dangerous weapon from a person whom the officer has probable cause to believe has committed domestic assault.

http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.567
Bill #5: 2015-2016: SPONSORED H.568 (BAD):An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington prohibiting possession of firearms on premises where alcohol is licensed to be served
Subject: Municipal government; municipal charters; City of Burlington; amendment; premises where alcohol served; firearms possession prohibited
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to approve an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington that would prohibit a person from possessing a firearm on premises where alcohol is licensed to be served.

http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.568

2013-2014 Gun Bills:
Bill #4: 2013-2014: Sponsored H.0124 (BAD): (MAGAZINE BAN) Prohibit the manufacture, possession, or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (making existing owners felons because magazines do not have date stamps on them).
Once the original owner dies, the firearm must be turned over to the autorities or the new owner will be in possession of an illegal firearm, and now a felon.
Mandating "safety" courses for ALL persons who carry concealed (precursor to full licensing, as only "approved" persons can carry concealed, any other person is a criminal).
Labeling citizens as "approved" to carry is in DIRECT VIOLATION of Article 16 of the Vermont Consitution.
There is NO restriction on "who" can carry firearms in Vermont.
Vermont is the ORIGINAL "Constitutional Carry" State, and it has served us well for over 200 years!

http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2014/H.0124
Bill #3: 2013-2014: Sponsored H.0125 (BAD): Creates a state-run facility to store confiscated firearms before destruction, creates a privately run safety training program (to fulfill the licensing of persons carrying firearms in H.124), allows the private center for Officer and State officials to be used as an indoor firing range.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2014/H.0125

Pre-2013 Gun Bills:
Bill #2: 2011-2012: SPONSORED one or BOTH of H.83 and H.580 (BAD) or (Senate version S.59):
An act relating to negligent storage of a firearm

http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2012/H.83
Bill #1: 2011-2012: SPONSORED H.580 (BAD):
This bill would require that information on safe firearm storage practices be distributed by merchants, by pediatricians, by mental health providers, by schools, and hunter safety courses, increase the fine for the offense of furnishing a firearm to a child; prohibit certain children from possessing firearms, require a warning about the risks of unsafe firearm storage to be displayed at every point of purchase of a firearm or private transfer of ownership of a firearm.

http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2012/H.580



Articles On Candidate's Stance and Actions on Gun Control:
Source #8: 8/4/2016: Attended Gun Sense VT Rally for Background Checks, Thursday, Aug 4 at 5 p.m.
http://www.gunsensevt.org/rally_for_background_checks_thursday_aug_4_at_5_p_m
Source #7: 8/5/2016: Lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Kesha Ram suggested they “not stop at universal background checks” but keep going for more.
“We have laws on our books that are supposed to protect victims of domestic violence, that are supposed to keep guns out of the wrong hands, that are still not being enforced in this state.”

http://watchdog.org/272667/democrat-coalition-background-checks-statehouse/
Source #6: 7/25/16: On gun rights, all three Democrats said they would support universal background checks. Smith and Ram added they would ban guns in bars and take away guns of people accused of domestic violence — policies that rankle gun owners and have failed to move beyond Burlington’s failed charter changes.
Zuckerman suggested anything is on the table, including regulation of semi-automatic magazine capacity. However, he said none of his gun control views would stop a law-abiding Vermonter buy or shoot firearms.
“None of those things stop any U.S. or Vermont citizen from getting the gun they want if they don’t have that criminal background record,” Zuckerman said.

http://watchdog.org/271364/lieutenant-gubernatorial-debate-vermont/
Source #5: 7/22/2016: Ram whose worked several years as a social worker, says she's concerned about domestic and gun violence in the state.
"Our Vermont families and communities are facing a lack of safety when they walk out the door or when they think about about intruders in their homes."
She wants to start a statewide conversation about guns and public safety.
"I agree with the majority of gun owners in Vermont that we need universal background checks..."

No, all the anti-gun campaigns are based on a biased VPR poll that only asked the YOUNGEST MALES in each home if they wanted gun control!

http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/lt-gov-candidate-profiles-kesha-ram
Source #4: 7/13/2016: Seven Days "Rally Will Promote Universal Background Checks on Gun Sales"
http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2016/07/13/rally-will-promote-universal-background-checks-on-gun-sales
Source #3: (2015) Voted FOR S.141 Gun Control Bill (BAD)
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/S.141
Source #2: 10/26/2015: "At Campaign Kickoff, Kesha Ram Says She's No 'Kitten With Lipstick'"
http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2015/10/26/at-campaign-kickoff-kesha-ram-says-shes-no-kitten-with-lipstick
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