Candidate's Questionnaire
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This section lists questions
for all political candidates to answer. Please respond to these questions
and email them to questionnaire@pinkpistols.org. All answers
will be made publiclly available at www.pinkpistols.com.
Candidates please note: All
answers _must_ be directed to the question asked. Answers that fail to answer
the question will not be counted.
There are 10 questions with
10 points per question.
Candidate's
Name : Ruth Bennett
Political
Party: Libertarian
Office
you are running for: State Representative,
State: Washington State
County: King
District: 37th, Position 2
1) Do you believe that the Second Amendment confirms the individual right
of every American citizen to possess and use (update of keep and bear) militia/military
weapons for individual self-defense, as well as for the defense of the State
/ National defense?
Yes, and the Washington
State Constitution reiterates the same right.
10 Points
2) If elected would you support legislation for the removal of firearm laws
and regulations? If your answer is yes, and if you are elected, what specific
legislation would you propose/support to ensure that this individual right
is protected? Which current laws which infringe upon this individual right
would you seek to repeal?
Yes, specifically I would support changing laws requiring waiting periods
for gun purchases and laws prohibiting ownership of “machine” guns.
10 Points
3) What do you consider are "legitimate" reasons to own a firearm?
Check
as many as apply:
[ ] Personal Defense
[ ] Home Defense
[ ] Defense of your country (Unorganized Militia)
[ ] Hunting
[ ] Farm Use
[ ] Competitive Shooting
[ ] Informal Sport Shooting
[ ] Informal Target Practice and/or Plinking
[ ] Collecting
[ ] Constitutional Rights
[ ] Other __________________________________
[X] All of the above
[ ] None of the above
10 Points
4) Would you support the banning of some firearms or ammunition? (IE: Saturday
night specials, "assault weapons", Hollow points, and "Safety Slugs") Why
and to what extent?
No. Saturday Night
Specials are just inexpensive guns, and everyone should be able to afford
protection, especially those poorer people living in higher crime areas!
10 Points
5) Do you believe that firearms and/or firearm owners should be registered?
Which ones and why?
No
10 Points
6) Do you support equal rights for all citizens of the United States regardless
of the person's sexuality / orientation and / or gender identity/expression?
Yes I do
10 Points
7) Which of the following would you be willing to support in regards to same-gender
and/or polyamorous marriages and/or civil unions?
Check
as many as apply:
[ ] Domestic partnerships for same-sex couples
[ ] Domestic partnerships for opposite-sex couples
[ ] Domestic partnerships for polyamorous (more than two consenting adults)
[ ] Same-sex marriages
[ ] Opposite sex marriages (What we have now)
[ ] Polyamarous marriages (between more than two consenting adults)
[ ] 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. I do
not believe that Government should be in the marriage business at all. However, since that is not likely to occur anytime soon,
I support some mechanism to provide all persons the rights and protections
now accorded only to different-sex couples.
[ ] Other____________________________________________________
10 Points
8) Do
you support the right for people to act as they wish in a private setting,
with other consenting adults?
Yes
10 Points
9) 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. Private actions
between consenting adults are no one else’s business!
10 Points
10) Do you support equal immigration rights for partners of US residents,
regardless of their sexuality / orientation and / or gender identity/expression?
Yes
10 Points
Do you have an additional statement to make that is not covered by this questionnaire?
Use as much space as you wish.
To think that the government can protect us is
folly. Individuals need to be empowered to protect
themselves.