My office has received the survey you sent to me.
I frequently receive a number of questionnaires
and surveys
from people in Massachusetts and elsewhere
in the nation. I hope you
can understand that, unfortunately,
the time demands of my official
responsibilities make it impossible
for me to respond to so many
questionnaires and surveys, and so I
have found it necessary to
establish a policy of declining to respond
to all of them.
If I can be helpful to you in other ways,
I hope you will contact me
again.
Sincerely,
John F. Kerry
U.S. Senator
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 :
Political Party:
Office you are running for:
State:
County:
District:
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?
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?
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 __________________________________
[ ] All of the above
[ ] None of the above
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?
5) Do you believe that firearms and/or firearm owners should be registered? Which ones and why?
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?
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.
[ ] None of the above. Government
has no role in defining a marriage. Leave it to the church.
[ ]
Other_________________________________________________________________________
8) Do you support the right for people to act as they wish in a private setting, with other consenting adults?
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?
10) Do you support equal immigration rights for partners of US residents, regardless of their sexuality / orientation and / or gender identity/expression?
Do you have an additional statement to make that is
not covered by this questionnaire? Use as much space as you wish.