Issue Position: Second Amendment

Issue Position

I support the Second Amendment. I am a gun owner. I am a member of the National Rifle Association and of the local gun range, Point Blank. And I support the decisions of the United States Supreme Court related to the Second Amendment, which ruled that the Second Amendment is an individual right--as is every other right contained in the Bill of Rights--and not a collective right as argued by opponents in those cases.

I also support, as does the NRA, background checks to ensure criminals or mentally incompetent people aren't purchasing guns. And I support responsible gun use, as every gun owner I know does. Recently many new gun owners have bought firearms for protection. I have reached out to a number of new gun owners and have helped them obtain training to understand how to safely use and store their new firearms.

In sum, I support our constitutional right to own and possess firearms. Like all rights, of course, the right to own weapons is not without limits. I just believe those limits should be very few and designed to keep bad guys from owning and using guns, not law-abiding citizens.

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