Political Party: Libertarian
Office you are running for: State Assembly
State: CA
County: Sacramento
District: 5
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?
Absolutely
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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. Actually, all that is needed is legislation to eliminate the legislation currently on the books. At the federal level a clearer ammendment would be nice, but I'm a state candidate, so a similar, completely unambigous statement in the state laws. I know a lot of pro-gun and anti-gun people constitutionalists who quibble over a comma in the second ammendment.
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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: The
most important! Defense from statist government!
[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?
Perhaps convicted felons and people who have a track record of using firearms irresponsibly or for crimes.
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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, but I must say that as much as I support equal rights, I also oppose any preferential treatment of any group of human beigns.
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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)
[ ] 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.
[ ] Other: I strongly
believe that the government should get out of the institution of marriage
and serve only as an enforcer of what should be a purely private contract
among consenting adults. However, at the same time, as long as the government
gives any preferential treatement to any form of union it should grant
that same privilege to all (inheritances, survivor's rights, tax law, etc).
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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?
Totally and absolutely.
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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?
I probably oppose the police Dept's behaviour. Though I must say I don't know the specifics of the case, and cannot in all honesty and integrity judge on the issue. I disagree with the arrest cause, but there may have been some unstated reason why the police entered without a warrant (perhaps the music was way too loud?)
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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?
Since I support the opening of our borders to anyone who wants to come to this country to lead a productive life I guess the answer would be 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.
Please visit my website (http://www.leibman.net/assembly2002) and my party's website (http://www.lp.org) to find out more!
Roberto Leibman