The Anchorage Every day Information requested candidates for U.S. Home working within the particular major election to reply a collection of questions. Learn all of their responses right here.
Do you assist gun management laws? In that case, what sort of measures would you assist? If not, why not?
Jay R. Armstrong (R)
I’m working for U.S. Congressman for Alaskans. Exterior of U.S. army bases and ports, courthouses, publish workplaces and buildings used for constitutional functions, the U.S. has no authority to make laws of any type relating to our firearms. We have now an obligation and duty to guard ourselves, our households, colleges, church buildings, communities, villages, cities and state. If Individuals may give $54 billion for this mess we began in Ukraine, we will afford to fund states to place police in colleges to guard kids. Cease watching and studying pretend U.S. information; it’s propaganda.
Nick Begich (R)
I oppose gun management laws. I strongly assist our Second Modification rights and can defend our proper to maintain and bear arms.
Chris Bye (Libertarian)
No, a cookie cutter, one-size-fits-all draconian rule is not going to cease silly, nor repair heinous. Any guidelines or laws to be enacted ought to be made on the lowest native stage, state and beneath.
Arlene Carle (nonpartisan)
Article II of the Structure: “…the suitable of the folks to maintain and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Chicago and New York have among the strongest gun management legal guidelines within the nation and the worst gun crime data. Clearly, gun management legal guidelines haven’t labored. Legal guidelines solely management lawful folks. Criminals ought to be prosecuted and faraway from society. It’s the hand holding the gun that have to be managed.
Santa Claus (undeclared)
See (my response to the query “What do you suppose ought to be executed by the federal authorities to deal with mass shootings?”) and go Alaska HB 62 (2019): “An Act referring to gun violence protecting orders; referring to the crime of violating a protecting order; referring to a central registry for protecting orders; requiring physicians, psychologists, psychological associates, social staff, marital and household therapists and licensed skilled counselors to report yearly threats of gun violence; referring to the powers of district judges and magistrates; amending Guidelines 4 and 65, Alaska Guidelines of Civil Process, and Rule 9, Alaska Guidelines of Administration; and offering for an efficient date.”
John B. Coghill Jr. (R)
I assist the Second Modification. Our background examine system is one thing I might work with to enhance.
Christopher S. Fixed (D)
I’m in favor of common background checks, pink flag legal guidelines and journal capability restrictions. Within the wake of the Uvalde, Texas taking pictures, I believed concerning the objective of assault-style rifles. These are battle-style weapons which can be routinely utilized in mass shootings. We should shield human lives, before everything. I’m in favor of ending the sale of assault-style weapons.
Otto H. Florschutz III (R)
No. We have to make sure that trustworthy and legislation abiding folks proceed to have entry to weapons.
Thomas “Tom” R. Gibbons (R)
No, weapons are a device. The folks that aren’t proper within the head are the issue! “Oh, nevertheless it’s not their fault.” B.S. There need to be penalties on your actions.
Al Gross (nonpartisan)
I’m for frequent sense laws. We have to restore a way of accountable gun possession — as Alaskans know effectively — by making certain background checks are thorough, enough, and necessary. I agree with the American Academy of Pediatrics’ positions to fund gun violence prevention analysis at $35 million for the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention and $25 million for the Nationwide Institute of Well being, and to permit relations or legislation enforcement to petition a decide to briefly take away firearms from an individual deemed at excessive threat of harming themselves or others.
Andrew J. Halcro (nonpartisan)
I assist tightening background checks and any provision that equally protects the Second Modification whereas making certain we cease these mindless mass shootings.
John Wayne Howe (Alaska Independence Social gathering)
I don’t assist gun management laws. All gun management legal guidelines are unconstitutional. We’d like much less gun legal guidelines, no more. Sure, even absolutely computerized weapons ought to be authorized. My concepts usually are not mainstream; they’re Alaskan concepts. To see extra Alaskan concepts, please see my YouTube channel, “Alaska for Alaskans.”
Jeff B. Lowenfels (nonpartisan)
I’ve a bullet in my neck — I used to be shot after I was 24 by 5 little youngsters. Sure, it’s apparent we’d like a greater method: common background checks for all, together with personal exhibits, require a license for buy, reinstate producer legal responsibility, impose robust pink flag legal guidelines.
Mike Milligan (D)
I assist affordable gun laws, which is outwardly out of attain resulting from a minority of Individuals that consider mass shootings are an affordable “value of freedom.” A transparent majority of Individuals favor background checks for all gun transfers. Many of those mass shooters are males beneath the age of 25 that don’t have girlfriends. Police put on physique armor regardless that it gained’t cease a .50 caliber spherical — does that imply they shouldn’t put on physique armor till it is ready to cease a .50 caliber spherical? Until you’re guarding a meth lab, you actually don’t want a weapon of struggle. Drop extra pounds and get a girlfriend as a substitute.
J.R. Myers (Libertarian)
No, I don’t assist gun management laws. Our Structure forbids the federal authorities from doing this, and I oppose it on the state stage. A well-armed citizenry is critical for a vigorous nationwide protection.
Sarah Palin (R)
No. The horrific crime that occurred in Uvalde, Texas is exactly why the suitable of law-abiding residents to maintain and bear arms — that’s, to defend themselves and their family members — have to be preserved.
Silvio E. Pellegrini (undeclared)
I’m a staunch proponent of the Second Modification and regard these points to be systematic and extremely complicated, requiring distinctive and tailor-made options for his or her distinctive nature. E.g., information-sharing by means of fusion facilities, multi-governmental cooperation agreements for directed enforcement of standing legal guidelines and performing evaluation of those tragedies to find out one of the best plan of action that doesn’t infringe on constitutional liberties. We should stay calm, collected, and assist these in want earlier than remotely trying to implement any controls with out causational and measurable outcomes.
Mary S. Peltola (D)
Weapons are part of Alaska’s tradition and a core device of a subsistence life-style. I grew up looking, my husband is an enormous recreation looking advocate and I’ll proceed to personal weapons and assist the suitable of Alaskans to personal weapons. But it surely’s previous time our nation’s leaders put forth extra than simply phrases to deal with the grief all of us share. We will take frequent sense motion, and we should. Provisions like safe storage legal guidelines, affordable ready durations and common background checks could make all of us safer whereas nonetheless preserving the rights assured by the Second Modification.
Tara M. Sweeney (R)
Binary questions like this make it troublesome, if not inconceivable, to have a critical dialog on this problem with out alienating the events who have to be on the desk. That stated, I’m a steadfast supporter of Alaskans’ Second Modification rights and couldn’t assist measures that might infringe on the constitutional rights of law-abiding residents.
Adam L. Wool (D)
I assist enhanced background checks, protected storage and pink flag legal guidelines. After all, the small print on a majority of these laws matter. We have to take some type of motion to scale back gun violence. Most gun deaths don’t happen at mass shootings, however are from suicide and lower-profile incidents.
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A number of candidates didn’t reply to this survey query. They embrace:
• Dennis “Denny” W. Aguayo (nonpartisan)
• Brian T. Beal (undeclared)
• Tim Beck (undeclared)
• Gregg B. Brelsford (undeclared)
• Robert Brown (nonpartisan)
• John T. Callahan (R)
• Girl Donna Dutchess (nonpartisan)
• Laurel A. Foster (nonpartisan)
• Karyn Griffin (undeclared)
• Ted S. Heintz (Libertarian)
• William “Invoice” D. Hibler III (nonpartisan)
• David Hughes (undeclared)
• Don Knight (nonpartisan)
• Robert “Bob” Lyons (R)
• Anne M. McCabe (nonpartisan)
• Mike E. Melander (R)
• Sherry M. Mettler (undeclared)
• Emil Notti (D)
• Robert Ornelas (American Impartial Social gathering)
• Joshua C. Revak (R)
• Maxwell Sumner (R)
• David Thistle (undeclared)
• Ernest F. Thomas (D)
• Richard “Clayton” Trotter (R)
• Bradley D. Welter (R)
• Jason G. Williams (undeclared)
• Jo Woodward (R)
• Stephen Wright (R)