Political Party: Libertarian

Office you are running for: Missouri House of Representatives

State: Missouri

County: St. Louis

District: 71

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?

YES

In particular, I would advocate, propose, support, work for and vote in favor of a repeal of Missouri's laws prohibiting/regulating the concealed carry of firearms.

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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

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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

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

NO

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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.
    [X] None of the above. Government has no role in defining a marriage. Leave it to the church.
    [X] Other: Yes, I checked three answers because it seemed to be necessary. I believe that a) all of the aforementioned versions of "marriage" should be legal and dependent only upon consensual adult agreement and b) that government should not be involved in "licensing" such unions (contracts or religious covenants are sufficient).

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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. Assuming that the description of events is accurate, the police had no business entering a private residence without a warrant or probable cause to believe that a crime had been committed or was being committed. Once there, the police had no business arresting someone for either having a private party or for consensual behavior involving adults _at_ that party.

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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

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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.

As a Libertarian, my personal convictions regarding the nature of consensual relationships are irrelevant; what is relevant is whether or not it is the government's job to enforce those convictions on others. It isn't. The Libertarian idea, as applied to both adult consensual romantic or sexual behavior and to self-defense, is that the individual is entitled to make those decisions for his or her self and should not be coercively restrained from doing so until and unless he or she makes the decision to initiate the use of force against another.