Issue Position: Second Amendment

Issue Position

I fully support the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and will defend American's right to bear arms. I will not support the assault weapons ban because it is statistically a very insignificant element of gun violence cases nor would I support limiting magazine capacity. I am in support of reasonable background checks and registration procedures, but will oppose measures of placing undue burden on legal gun owners or on those seeking to exercise their constitutional rights to legally obtain a gun.

As a society, we must address issues of gun violence and mass murders. However, statistic show that most gun crimes are committed by illegally sold and owned guns. Historical data proves that when legal gun ownership numbers go up, crime rates go down. We need to focus our policy and enforcement efforts on reducing illegal gun trafficking -- not curtailing rights of legal gun owners and limiting their ability to protect their families and property from criminals.

Lastly, when it comes to mass murders committed by mentally unstable individuals, we need to address the ways of improving our mental health and social services. The necessity to provide important - and often neglected - services to people with psychological special needs has to be addressed at all levels within society and should not be reserved to a discussion around guns.

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