Issue Position: Guns

Issue Position

The 2nd Amendment assures us the right to bear arms. Granted proper license people should be able to defend their families and their communities. I personally loathe guns and would never hunt and kill animals, yet I respect others' rights to do so. At the same time, we should not be sending foreign aid to other countries in the form of bombs and guns that dictators use to kill and maim their own people. The small arms trade is one of our largest export industries because it sells weapons to "friendly" dictators, mercenaries, and corrupt police forces. These guns fall into the hands of the world's most brutal rebels, criminals, and terrorists who kill millions of people. Many guns return to the United States for sale on the black market to the highest bidder. We need to ban the export of arms and military hardware.

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