Office you are running for: State Representative
State: Massachusetts
County: Suffolk
District: 9th
Campaign URL: (not up yet) http://www.heatherashcraft.com
1) Do you believe that the 2nd Amendment confers rights
to individuals or only to the Militia / Military?
Both
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2) Do you support equal rights for all citizens of
the United States regardless of the person's sexuality?
Yes
[10 Points]
3) If elected would you support legislation for the
removal of firearm laws and regulations? Why and to what extent?
Yes, it's the individual's right to bear
arms laws that hinder that right or that deny that right are unconstitutional.
I can't think of a law not to repeal other than that I believe that convicted
violent criminals within the justice system probably shouldn't be armed.
[10 Points]
4) Which of the following would you be willing to
support in regards to same-gender and/or polyamarous marriages and/or civil
unions?
Check as many as apply:
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Domestic partnerships for same-sex couples
[x]
Domestic partnerships for opposite-sex couples
[x]
Domestic partnerships for polyamarous (more than two consenting adults)
[x]
Same-sex marriages
[x]
Opposite sex marriages (What we have now)
[x]
Polyamarous marriages (between more than two consenting adults)
[x]
All of the above. Everyone should have equal rights under the law.
[x]
None of the above. Government has no role in defining a marriage.
Leave it to the church.
[x]
Other - govt. shouldn't nec. have juridiction over marrage.
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5) What do you consider are "legitimate" reasons to
own a firearm?
Check as many as apply:
[x]
Personal Defense
[x]
Home Defense
[x]
Hunting
[x]
Farm Use
[x]
Competitive Shooting
[x]
Informal Sport Shooting
[x]
Informal Target Practice and/or Plinking
[x]
Collecting
[x]
Constitutional Rights
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Other __________________________________
[x]
All of the above
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None of the above
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6) Do you support the right for people to act as they
wish in a private setting, with other consenting adults?
Absolutely
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7) Would you support the banning of some firearms?
(IE: Saturday night specials and "assault weapons") Why and
to what extent?
Not the banning, but I might support some
type of legislation involving proper handling. It's not the governments
place to tell people what they can have and what they can't. I don't
feel that people should be kept from owning "assault weapons".
I am thinking more along the lines of a safety course, not lock-boxes and
trigger locks or whatnot. The legislation I am thinking of is more of a
recommended course and maybe a tax credit or something for people who attend.
I believe that people should have access to what they feel necessary.
[8 Points]
8) In July 2000 the Police Dept. of Attleboro Massachusetts
entered a private party without a search warrant. The party was not
open to the public or in the business to make a profit. Any donations given
were used to pay rent. When the police entered, they arrested two
people. The first person who was arrested organized the event.
The second person arrested was arrested because she spanked her consenting
adult partner with a wooden spoon. Do you support the actions of
the Attleboro police as given in this example? Why?
No, they had no right for such action.
[10 Points]
9) Do you believe that firearms and/or firearm owners
should be registered? Which ones and why?
No, goodness forbid we should ever be
in the situtation, but a govt. that knows where all the people who have
guns are also knows where to take them from should the govt. feel threatened.
But, aside from that there are other reasons, such as a right to privacy
and safety reasons for those who don't own a gun (a potential thief might
be more interested in robbing defensless people).
[10 Points]
10) Would you support the banning and/or regulation of ammunition;
or of some types of ammunition? (IE: Hollow points, "Safety
Slugs", etc.) Why?
No
[10 Points]
Do you have an additional statement to make that is not covered by this
questionnaire? Use as much space as you wish.