Issue Position: The Second Amendment

Issue Position

Sportsmanship, conservation, and self-defense are all vital to the lives of people in rural Illinois and I will be a vote in favor of allowing our citizens to exercise their constitutional rights, wherever they may live. Illinois state and local gun control policies have failed to stop the tragic violence, access to illegal guns, and rampant criminality that plague many communities. Our centuries-old tradition of responsible gun ownership should be respected and I will oppose the push to enact statewide policies that restrict it, make it harder to obtain a license, or impose draconian penalties on law-abiding citizens aimed at correcting problems caused only by those with no regard for the law to begin with. The Second Amendment, to me, is not a political talking point. It's a passion and a constitutional necessity.

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