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WVCDL 2020 WV House/Senate Candidate Survey
*note on grading methodology: Strength of answers is graded. Sponsor is graded higher than co-sponsor
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Do you currently have a concealed handgun license?
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1. Many states allow anyone with a concealed handgun license to carry firearms anywhere in their state capitol complex. Will you support “capitol carry” legislation that repeals the existing prohibition of weapons being carried upon the West Virginia Capitol Complex?
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2. Safe storage of firearms is important. Would you support legislation that exempts firearm safes and other secure storage products from the consumer sales tax?
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3. Many of the public shooting ranges run by the Department of Natural Resources have been shut down due to issues of littering/dumping and other safety concerns. Would you support legislation aimed at keeping the public shooting ranges maintained and open as well as working to open additional Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and public shooting ranges throughout the state?
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4. West Virginia has the highest per capita rate of military service in the country. Additionally, those citizens 18-22 years old are the demographic most likely to be the victim of a violent crime. Will you OPPOSE and vote AGAINST any legislation attempting to raise the age for rifle and rifle ammunition purchases within the state?
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5. Will you OPPOSE and vote AGAINST any legislation limiting ownership of magazines of any ammunition capacity?
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6. Will you OPPOSE and vote AGAINST and legislation seeking a so-called “assault weapons ban” than bans ownership of firearms based on cosmetic features like bayonet lugs, flash hiders, pistol grips, or magazine capacity?
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7. Will you OPPOSE and vote AGAINST any legislation limiting the carrying of firearms or deadly weapons as currently allowable under state law?
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8. Will you OPPOSE and vote AGAINST any “Red Flag Law” or “Emergency Risk Protection Order”? These bills allow for a judicial ex parte order confiscating the firearms of an accused citizen without any ability of the accused to confront his or her accuser or provide evidence to the court. This legislation allow for the confiscation of the weapons of otherwise law-abiding citizens based on mere “reasonable” cause and not clear and convincing evidence and provides no due process to the accused before the confiscation.
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9. Will you OPPOSE and vote AGAINST any legislation aimed at the creation of any databased of registration of firearms or firearm owners in the state? This would include OPPOSING and voting AGAINST the perennially-introduced “Pawn Shop Gun Registry” bill that seeks to create a third-party taxpayer-funded electronic database of all firearms pawned, sold, or purchased through a pawn broker federal firearms dealer?
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10. Will you OPPOSE and vote AGAINST any legislation designed to ban non-licensed dealer private firearms sales and transfers (whether at gun shows or outside of gun shows) or any expansion of background checks beyond existing federal requirements for transfers?
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11. Will you OPPOSE or vote AGAINST government-mandated use of trigger locks or other such hazardous “safety” devices which have the effect of making it difficult, if not impossible, to have a firearm readily available to defend your home and family?
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12. Will you OPPOSE and vote AGAINST any legislation seeking to infringe the right to keep and bear arms as recognized by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article III, Section 22 of the West Virginia Constitution?
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