Political Party: Libertarian

Office you are running for: US House

State: North Carolina

County: Mecklenburg

District: 9th

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.

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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?

Support a Vermont-style concealed-carry law as a transitional step to non-regulation of weapons possession by non-felons.

Repeal laws banning possession of arms by law-abiding citizens on public property; mandatory trigger locks or lock-up of weapons; registration of gun owners, etc.

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3) What do you consider are "legitimate" reasons to own a firearm?
Check as many as apply:
     [x] Personal Defense
     [x] Home Defense
     [x] Defense of your country (Unorganized Militia)
     [x] Hunting
     [x] Farm Use
     [x] Competitive Shooting
     [x] Informal Sport Shooting
     [x] Informal Target Practice and/or Plinking
     [x] Collecting
     [x] Constitutional Rights
     [x] Other:ceremonial or traditional weapons, such as daggers for Sikhs and some Arab groups
     [ ] All of the above
     [ ] None of the above

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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. While I may find some such items distasteful, or even frightening, I understand the concept of the slippery slope. It's like that Middle Eastern proverb, "Once you allow the camel's nose into the tent, the rest is sure to follow".

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5) Do you believe that firearms and/or firearm owners should be registered? Which ones and why?

No, except where an individual has had his rights curtailed due to due process of law, i.e., conviction of a crime.

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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.

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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)
     [x] All of the above. Everyone should have equal rights under the law.
     [ ] None of the above. Government has no role in defining a marriage.  Leave it to the church.
     [x] Other: I would prefer to see government completely out of the marriage business, except as a recorder of contracts, for such purposes as orderly distribution of property upon death or divorce, as well as child custody.

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8) Do you support the right for people to act as they wish in a private setting, with other consenting adults?

Yes.

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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 rights were violated. No property was stolen or damaged, nor was anyone's person affronted against his will. That's if there had been a warrant. Without it, the officers should have required probable cause that a person or property was in imminent danger of harm.

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10) Do you support equal immigration rights for partners of US residents, regardless of their sexuality / orientation and / or gender identity/expression?

Yes. In fact, I would suggest that the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment REQUIRES such equal treatment.

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Do you have an additional statement to make that is not covered by this questionnaire?  Use as much space as you wish.