2020 Gun Owners of Vermont Candidate Report
RUTH HARDY
2nd Amendment Stance: EXTREMELY ANTI-GUN
District: ADD 1
Contest: STATE SENATOR (incumbent)
Party: DEMOCRATIC

Additional Comments: 2018: Brought children to the capitol for anti-gun rally.
2020: SPONSORED the CHANGE.ORG petition (https://www.change.org/p/vt-state-and-local-officials-take-bold-action-to-fix-vermont-s-criminal-justice-system) that calls for the defunding of the Police and "the immediate removal of police officers from our schools, and for those positions to be replaced with embedded social workers and substance use counselors."
2020: Voted FOR S.169 (bad).
2020: Co-sponsored S.259: “No carrying of semi-automatic assault weapons in public places.”
Received 2022 GunSenseVT Gun Control ENDORSEMENT!

Mailing Address:
PO BOX 343
EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT 05740
Phone Number: (802) 989-5278
Send Email to RUTH HARDY: RUTHFORVERMONT@GMAIL.COM
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Candidate's Actions on Gun Control Bills:

2021-2022 Gun Bills:
Bill #6: 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 #5: 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
Bill #4: 2021-2022: SPONSORED H.31 (BAD): An act relating to crimes and criminal procedures related to firearms
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2022/S.31

2019-2020 Gun Bills:
Bill #3: 2019-2020: SPONSORED S.22 (BAD) Criminal procedures; firearms; waiting periods; safe storage
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2020/S.22
Bill #2: 2019-2020: SPONSORED H.26 (BAD): An act relating to firearms and three-dimensional printers
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2020/S.26
Bill #1: 2019-2020: SPONSOR S.268 (BAD) An act relating to crimes and criminal procedures related to firearms
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2020/S.268



Articles On Candidate's Stance and Actions on Gun Control:
Source #2: SPONSORED the CHANGE.ORG petition (https://www.change.org/p/vt-state-and-local-officials-take-bold-action-to-fix-vermont-s-criminal-justice-system) that calls for the defunding of the Police and "the immediate removal of police officers from our schools, and for those positions to be replaced with embedded social workers and substance use counselors."
https://www.change.org/p/vt-state-and-local-officials-take-bold-action-to-fix-vermont-s-criminal-justice-system

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Last Updated: 11/06/2022
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