In an effort to learn candidates' views, I am providing a gun rights questionnaire to Tennessee political candidates. Here are candidate R. Larry Smith's answers:
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:53 AM
1. Do you believe that the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" and that the Bill of Rights acknowledges our birthrights?
1) Yes
2. If so, should these rights be proactively protected from infringement by all levels of government, including city, county and state?
2) Yes
3. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider constitutional.
3) The right to bear arms and protect yourself, family, and land/country.
4. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider unconstitutional.
4) Not letting law enforcement have the type of guns they need to fight back with.
5. Does the right to bear arms include the right for any peaceable citizen to carry them concealed without a permit, as in Vermont?
5) I've taught firearm safety. People need to show that they know how to handle a weapon before they carry them for everyones safety.
6. Do you believe that Americans have a right to own, use and carry weapons of military pattern, and will you use the prestige of elected office to publicly promote that right?
6) This would be Federal and State issues, but if I was elected to one of those positions I would support them.
7. Do you support or oppose registration of weapons? Why?
7) Oppose
8. Do you support or oppose licensing requirements to own or carry firearms? Why?
8) It's not the govt. business to know who has guns and who doesn't. However people that have guns need some training as to how to use the weapon safely.
9. What specific gun laws will you work to get repealed?
9) None
10. If elected, will you back your words of support for firearms rights up with consistent actions? How?
10) Yes
This questionnaire was developed by National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea, and is used with his permission. The original site for these questions is HERE. To see his other Examiner works, go HERE. David also writes the War on Guns blog, which can be seen HERE, and writes in Guns Magazine. HERE is a sample from that publication.
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Comments
"People need to show they know how to handle a weapon before they carry them for everyone's safety."
"It's not the govt. business to know who has guns and who doesn't", remember? So, whom would "people need to show"?
This guy is all for the 2nd Amendment, unless "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" actually means what it says.
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