This section lists questions for all political candidates to answer. Please respond to these questions and email them to questionnaire@pinkpistols.org. All answers will be made publiclly available at www.pinkpistols.com.
Candidates please note: All answers _must_ be directed to the question asked. Answers that fail to answer the question will not be counted.
There are 10 questions with 10 points per question.
Candidate's Name :
Office you are running for:
State:
County:
District:
1) Do you believe that the 2nd Amendment
confers rights to individuals or only to the Militia / Military?
2) Do you support equal rights for all
citizens of the United States regardless of the person's sexuality?
3) If elected would you support legislation
for the removal of firearm laws and regulations? Why and to what
extent?
4) Which of the following would you
be willing to support in regards to same-gender and/or polyamarous 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 polyamarous (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.
[ ] None
of the above. Government has no role in defining a marriage.
Leave it to the church.
[ ] Other_________________________________________________________________________
5) What do you consider are "legitimate"
reasons to own a firearm?
Check as many as apply:
[ ]
Personal Defence
[ ]
Home Defence
[ ]
Hunting
[ ]
Farm Use
[ ]
Competitive Shooting
[ ]
Informal Sport Shooting
[ ]
Informal Target Practice and/or Plinking
[ ]
Collecting
[ ]
Constitutional Rights
[ ]
Other __________________________________
[ ]
All of the above
[ ]
None of the above
6) Do you support the right for people
to act as they wish in a private setting, with other consenting adults?
7) Would you support the banning of
some firearms? (IE: Saturday night specials and "assault weapons")
Why and to what extent?
8) 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?
9) Do you believe that firearms and/or
firearm owners should be registered? Which ones and why?
10) Would you support the banning and/or regulation
of ammunition; or of some types of ammunition? (IE: Hollow
points, "Safety Slugs", etc.) Why?
Do you have an additional statement to make that is not
covered by this questionnaire? Use as much space as you wish.