Political Party:   Libertarian

Office you are running for:  State Representative

State:  Massachusetts

County:  Plymouth

District:  7

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?

I would seek to repeal every gun law (chapter 180 in its entirety) that in any way infringes on the right of a qualified individual to possess and use firearms.  The only people not qualified to possess and use would be those who have used a firearm to commit a crime. Secondly I would sponsor legislation to overturn all of the recent consumer regs that the AG has used to undermine our ability to buy, possess or use and restate the absolute inalienable right of our law abiding citizens to possess and use period!

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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?

Even considering banning anything is the way the gun control  wackos gets their fat camel nose under the tent as we have already seen.  By the way I guess all the criminals stopped using the banned weapons on Reilly's list right?

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

It is not the business of the government what firearms I own or who I am. registration inexorably leads to confiscation. The govt should Watch the Criminals and and leave LAW ABIDING citizen alone.

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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)
    [ ] 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_________________________________________________________________________

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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?

I did not and do not support the actions of the Attleboro police in this case. There was no crime committed. Consenting adults have the right to do anything they want to do as long as they are not harming anyone else.

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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?

I support equal rights regardless of their sexual preferences because that again is not my business.  Having said this I want to add that after 9/11 I want all foreigners coming to this country to be thoroughly screened.  If people are coming here to live in peace thats fine with me but again I think that we really need to tighten up our borders.  I dont expect to have much say in the policy as a State Rep but as a citizen this is what I have come to believe.

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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.

Thanks for the opportunity to respond to the questionnaire

Steve Olson