Candidate's Questionnaire Page


There are 10 questions with 10 points per question.

Candidate's Name: Ralph Shnelvar

Political Party: Libertarian

Office you are running for: Governor

State: Colorado

County: Not applicable

District: Not applicable


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?

I believe self-defense is a natural and inalienable human right. I believe the Second Amendment affirms this right by guaranteeing the individual right to keep and bear arms. I call for the immediate repeal of all disarmament laws concerning all handguns, rifles, and shotguns.

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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 believe that everyone has the right to own weapons of self-defense. I would push hard for Vermont-style carry. Thus I would attempt to repeal any and all laws concerning a citizens right to keep and use and carry and display weapons of self defense.

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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?

I do not support the ban of any kind of ammunition. I do not support the ban of any kind of firearm in the class of personal weapons. I don't not support the racist ban of Saturday Night Specials.

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

No gun owner or firearm should ever be registered with the government in any manner. History has proven that registration often leads to the confiscation of firearms and the curtailment of the human right of self-defense. Worse, as Zelman showed in his book Lethal Laws and as my parents personally experienced it, gun control via registration too often leads to genocide.

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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?

Absolutely. I am a Libertarian, and libertarians believe all people are created politically equal. Sexuality and its non-coercive forms of expression are parts of free speech that form the foundation of a free society.

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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   Marriage is a contract. Contracts are flexible. Governments are not. Governments should be there to help enforce legal contracts.  

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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?

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 deplore what the Attleboro police did.

Both arrests were, in my opinion, a violation of our 4th Amendment rights.

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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 certainly support equal immigration rights for partners of US residents, regardless of their sexuality/orientation and/or gender identity/expression. However, as a Libertarian, I want to do away with tax subsidies for immigrants as well current citizens.

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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.

I have strong, personal, reasons for being a gun rights supporter. I ask your readers to view
http://www.shnelvar.com/release-iHateGuns.htm