In keeping with the idea of presenting pro-gun candidates in the coming elections, I would like to draw your attention to Steve Hatfield, Republican candidate for Colorado state senate, district 18. The following is a response from him to a couple questions I posed:
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Thanks for writing. I do have positions on these
issues on DNet.org, but I will answer the specifics
you've addressed here in more detail.
> First off, what is your basic position on the right
> to keep and bear arms?
I fully support the Second Amendment to the US
Constitution. This is a fundamental RIGHT of free
people living in a free society.
> Do you see this as an individual or collective
> right?
Discounting all the rhetoric to the contrary, our
Founding Fathers were clear in this issue. The right
is an individual one. George Mason said, "To disarm
the people [is] the best and most effectual way to
enslave them..." John Adams said, "Arms in the hands
of citizens [may] be used at individual
discretion...in private self-defense."
>Do you support concealed carry in Colorado?
Yes! There is a natural right to self-protection.
>How about licensing and registration issues?
Licensing and registration is the first step toward
confiscation and I am against both. Have we not
learned anything from history?
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India,
history will look upon the Act depriving a whole
nation of arms as the blackest." -- Mahatma Gandhi
GERMAN FIREARMS ACT OF 1937 reads in part: "[Firearms
licenses] will not be granted [to] Jews [or persons]
suspected of acting against the state. Those who do
not require permission to purchase or carry weapons
[include] the whole SS and SA [Storm Troopers],
including the Deaths Head group and officers of the
Hitler Youth."
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He also answered some other questions of mine, which were non-firearms related. All in all, he sounds, in many respects, more like a libertarian, and even comments on this. I get the impression he is somewhat like Ron Paul, more of a libertarian in Republican clothing. Now, I'm still trying to find out more about him, but, if his words can be taken at face value, he may be someone we would like to support, especially those of us in Colorado.
Check him out and see what you think.
www.stevehatfield.com
And check www.dnet.org for more of his positions.
[This message has been edited by BAB (edited September 29, 2000).]
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Thanks for writing. I do have positions on these
issues on DNet.org, but I will answer the specifics
you've addressed here in more detail.
> First off, what is your basic position on the right
> to keep and bear arms?
I fully support the Second Amendment to the US
Constitution. This is a fundamental RIGHT of free
people living in a free society.
> Do you see this as an individual or collective
> right?
Discounting all the rhetoric to the contrary, our
Founding Fathers were clear in this issue. The right
is an individual one. George Mason said, "To disarm
the people [is] the best and most effectual way to
enslave them..." John Adams said, "Arms in the hands
of citizens [may] be used at individual
discretion...in private self-defense."
>Do you support concealed carry in Colorado?
Yes! There is a natural right to self-protection.
>How about licensing and registration issues?
Licensing and registration is the first step toward
confiscation and I am against both. Have we not
learned anything from history?
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India,
history will look upon the Act depriving a whole
nation of arms as the blackest." -- Mahatma Gandhi
GERMAN FIREARMS ACT OF 1937 reads in part: "[Firearms
licenses] will not be granted [to] Jews [or persons]
suspected of acting against the state. Those who do
not require permission to purchase or carry weapons
[include] the whole SS and SA [Storm Troopers],
including the Deaths Head group and officers of the
Hitler Youth."
[/quote]
He also answered some other questions of mine, which were non-firearms related. All in all, he sounds, in many respects, more like a libertarian, and even comments on this. I get the impression he is somewhat like Ron Paul, more of a libertarian in Republican clothing. Now, I'm still trying to find out more about him, but, if his words can be taken at face value, he may be someone we would like to support, especially those of us in Colorado.
Check him out and see what you think.
www.stevehatfield.com
And check www.dnet.org for more of his positions.
[This message has been edited by BAB (edited September 29, 2000).]