Patrick L. McHargue

Candidate's Name: Patrick L. McHargue Political Party: Libertarian Office you are running for: US 19th House district State: CA County: Tuolumne District: 19th 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 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? I would endeavor to remove current restrictions on firearms, and their ownership. As an example of a law that infringes on everyone's right to own a gun, I would rescind waiting periods. 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 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, I do not support bans on ammunition. 5) Do you believe that firearms and/or firearm owners should be registered? Which ones and why? NO, no, no! No registration. 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. Equal treatment under the law. 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_________________________________________________________ 8) Do you support the right for people to act as they wish in a private setting, with other consenting adults? Yes. 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, I do not support the police's actions. What consenting adults do in the privacy of their own home is up to them. As far as what the police did wrong, "entered a private party without a search warrant" says it all. 10) Do you support equal immigration rights for partners of US residents, regardless of their sexuality / orientation and / or gender identity/expression? Yes Do you have an additional statement to make that is not covered by this questionnaire? Use as much space as you wish. Equal treatment under the law is what's needed. No special privileges, nor special penalties, that depend on race, creed, or sexual orientation.