As Tennessee political candidates become known during the 2010 election cycle, I will send them the gun rights questionnaire below. As I receive their responses, I will post them in the Knoxville Gun Rights Examiner column, and index them alphabetically on this page.
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Candidate response links wil be added in alphabetical order, by office.
Knox County Mayor:
Knox County Commission:
Armstrong - Seat 11 - At large
Ownby - District 4
Smith - District 7
Tennessee Governor:
Gibbons - withdrawn from race
Haslam - responded with statement
Kyle - withdrawn from race
McMillan - withdrawn from race
Wamp - no response
Tennessee House, 4th District:
Tennesse Senate, 7th District:
US Congress, 2nd District
US Congress, 3rd District:
Questions:
1. Do you believe that the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" and that the Bill of Rights acknowledges our birthrights?
2. If so, should these rights be proactively protected from infringement by all levels of government, including city, county and state?
3. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider constitutional.
4. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider unconstitutional.
5. Does the right to bear arms include the right for any peaceable citizen to carry them concealed without a permit, as in Vermont?
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?
7. Do you support or oppose registration of weapons? Why?
8. Do you support or oppose licensing requirements to own or carry firearms?
Why?
9. What specific gun laws will you work to get repealed?
10. If elected, will you back your words of support for firearms rights up with consistent actions? How?
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.
Disclaimer: The information and ideas presented in this column are provided for informational purposes only. Gunrights, like all other Constitutionally recognized rights, must be exercised responsibly. Firearms, like cars, kitchen knives and life itself all can be dangerous. You should get professional training as part of any plan to use firearms for any purpose. I have made a reasonable, good-faith effort to assure that the content of this column is accurate. I have no control over what you do, and specifically accept no responsibility for anything you do as a result of reading my columns. Any action or lack of action on your part is strictly your responsibility.
Comments
Check the Editorial in Wall Street Journal, 3/2/10, page A-22 entitled, "Guns and the States." Note the last sentence, well put, states, "If the First Amendment's right to free speech applies to the states, then so does the Second Amendment." Well put indeed.
I would send this to all the House Members and make sure you get a response from each of them.
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