| 2020 Gun Owners of Vermont Candidate Report |
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| TOM STEVENS |
| 2nd Amendment Stance: FANATICALLY ANTI-GUN |
| District: WAS CHI |
| Contest: STATE REPRESENTATIVE (incumbent) |
| Party: DEMOCRATIC |
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Additional Comments: Received 2022 GunSenseVT Gun Control ENDORSEMENT!
THIS GUY IS A GUN CONTROL SLEEPER!
He has sponsored or supported TWENTY-ONE (21) Gun Control bills in Montpelier!
2015-16: Sponsored ALL three Burlington Charter Changes (BAD)
Sponsored H250 (BAD)
Sponsored H.709 (Firearms registration with insurance companies) (BAD)
Sponsored H.775 (BAD)
Voted FOR S.141 gun control bill (BAD)
2013-14: Sponsored: H.124 (BAD)
H.125 (BAD)
H.243 (BAD)
Voted YEA on H.735
Received $100 campaign contribution from GunSenseVT
In an August, 2016 conversation with Angelo Napolitano who spoke with Tom Stevens, Rep from Waterbury, about our GOD GIVEN RIGHTS.... 'His reply to me was READY FOR THIS-- " we will take those rights anytime we want... because we can!"'
THIS IS THE ANTI-GUNNER MENTALITY, THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF YOUR RIGHTS. |
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Mailing Address:
12 WINOOSKI ST
WATERBURY, VT 05676
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| Phone Number: (802) 244-4164 |
| Send Email to TOM STEVENS: TOM@STEVENSVERMONT.COM |
| Click Here for Website |
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Candidate's Actions on Gun Control Bills:
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2021-2022 Gun Bills: |
Bill #21: 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 #20: 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 #19: 2021-2022: VOTED FOR H.133 (BAD): An act relating to emergency relief from abuse orders and relinquishment of firearms
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2022/H.133 |
2019-2020 Gun Bills: |
Bill #18: 2019-2020: SPONSORED H.159 (BAD): An act relating to establishing a waiting period for firearms sales
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2020/H.159 |
Bill #17: 2019:2020: VOTED FOR S.169 (BAD): An act relating to firearms procedures
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2020/S.169 |
2017-2018 Gun Bills: |
Bill #16: 2017-2018: SPONSOR H.151 (BAD)
An act relating to requiring background checks for the transfer of firearms. (Universal Background Checks v3.0)
Incorporated in S.55
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2018/H.151 |
Bill #15: 2017-2018: Voted FOR H.422 (BAD). Unanimous vote in both House and Senate.
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2018/H.422 |
Bill #14: 2017-2018: SPONSORED H.876 (BAD)
An act relating to prohibiting bump-fire stocks for firearms
This was incorporated into S.55
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2018/H.876 |
Bill #13: 2017-2018: Voted FOR S.55 (BAD)
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2018/S.55 |
Bill #12: 2017-2018: Voted FOR S.221 (Act 97) (BAD)
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2018/S.221 |
Bill #11: VT Digger Wrap-Up Gun Control
S.55, H.221 & H.421
https://vtdigger.org/leg_summary/unlawful-firearms/ |
2015-2016 Gun Bills: |
Bill #10: 2015-2016: SPONSORED H.250 (BAD): An act relating to possession and transfer of firearms.
This is the House version of S.31, the Universal Background Check bill!
See the description of S.31.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.250 |
Bill #9: 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 #8: 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 #7: 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 |
Bill #6: 2015-2016: Sponsored H.709 (BAD): An act relating to homeowner's insurance and gun possession
Subject: Insurance; homeowner’s insurance; disclosure; guns
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require an insurer that writes homeowner’s insurance policies to require a policyholder to disclose to the company whether the homeowner or member of his or her household possesses a gun that is stored on the insured property.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.709 |
Bill #5: 2015-2016: Sponsored H.775 (BAD)
An act relating to possession and transfer of firearms
Subject: Crimes and criminal procedures; firearms; criminal background checks
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require that a criminal background check be conducted on the proposed purchaser before a firearm may be sold unless the sale is between immediate family members, by or to a law enforcement agency, or by or to a law enforcement officer or member of the U.S. Armed Forces acting within the course of his or her official duties.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/H.775 |
Bill #4: 2015-2016: Voted FOR S.141 (Act 14) Gun Control Bill (BAD)
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/S.141 |
2013-2014 Gun Bills: |
Bill #3: 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 #2: 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 |
Bill #1: 2013-2014: Sponsored H.0243 (BAD): An act relating to negligent storage of a firearm
Bill makes it a crime for a "person" (not necessarily the gun OWNER) to negligently leave a firearm accessible to a child.
All penalties are felonies, barring said person from possession of firearms as long as they live.
http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2014/H.0243 |
Articles On Candidate's Stance and Actions on Gun Control: |
Source #3: 2015: S.141 “Mr. Speaker: I voted yes to give our public safety officers the tools to keep guns from convicted felons and those who have been judged to be a danger to themselves or others. Our responsibility is to pass law that balances the interests and safety of all Vermonters. This bill does that. As Justice Scalia wrote, the rights under the 2nd Amendment are not unlimited, and it should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill.”
http://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2016/Docs/JOURNAL/hj150417.pdf#page=2 |
Source #2: 2/11/2016: Stevens’ gun bill going nowhere for now
Listen to the spin on this anti-gun registration bill.
http://www.stowetoday.com/waterbury_record/news/local_news/stevens-gun-bill-going-nowhere-for-now/article_dd031d0e-d014-11e5-83ea-93041e45c25e.html |
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