Issue Position: 2nd Amendment

Issue Position

"…the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

My 2nd Amendment platform begins and ends with that statement. This Amendment deserves a much more honest treatment than most candidates afford it. For too long, politicians have done a great disservice to the Bill of Rights by relegating the 2nd Amendment to a quaint privilege for sportsmen, conjuring images of hunters wearing blaze orange. The reality is that it is a fundamental right so highly revered that the Founding Fathers purposefully placed it in the Bill of Rights following our right to free speech, press, assembly, and the petitioning of government. It represents the Constitutional guarantee of our liberties, as well as our right to protect our families and our homes.

I have a clear record of unflinching defense of the 2nd Amendment, holding a lifetime A rating from the NRA-ILA, as well as being a lifetime member of the NRA. And, as your congressman, I will continue to be a staunch guardian of our right to bear arms.

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