I - NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND 1 1250 WAPLES MILL ROAD FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA 22030-7400 FAX (703) 267-3976 2016 North Dakota Candidate Questionnaire Name: Campaign Name: Address: City: Zip Code: Of?ce Sought: District: Party: Campaign Phone: Fax: Website: Email: For further information on North Dakota ?rearm laws, please visit and click on the "Gun Laws" feature located in the menu. 1. Do you agree that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees a fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms that applies to all law-abiding Americans, regardless of where they live in the United States? a. Yes. No. 2. Considering current North Dakota ?reann laws, would you support any additional restrictive state legislation regulating the sale, use or possession of ?rearms and/or ammunition? a. Yes, for all ?rearms and ammunition. Please explain: b. Yes, for certain ?rearms and/or ammunition. Please explain: c. NO, current state ?rearm laws are suf?cient. d. No, current state ?rearm laws should be improved to bene?t law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen in North Dakota. 3. Would you support state legislation banning the manufacture, possession, ownership, purchase, sale and/or transfer of any ?rearm? a. All ?rearms. Please specify type of restriction(s): b. All handguns. Please specify type of restriction(s): c. Some ?rearms. Please specify types of d. No, I oppose banning the manufacture, possession, ownership, purchase, sale and/or transfer of any ?rearm. 4. Would you support legislation requiring individuals to obtain a state license* to own, possess or purchase ?rearms? *Licensiog, as used here, refers to state legislation requiring firearm owners to obtain a Iicense from a governmentoi o?icial or agency to own and possess a?rearm; as a general rule, ?rearm owner licensing Iaws require ?ngerprinting, photographing and a background investigation of the applicant. Note: This is di?erent than obtaining a permit to carry a concealed handgun. a. Yes, for owners of all ?rearms. b. Yes, for owners of all handguns. 0. Yes, for owners of some ?rearms. Please specify: d. No, I oppose state licensing of ?rearm owners. 5. Would you support state legislation requiring all ?rearm owners to register their ?rearm(s) for entry into a centralized state ?le or database? a. Yes, for all ?rearms. b. Yes, for all handguns. 0. Yes, for some ?rearms. Please specify which ?rearms: d. No, I oppose state registration of ?rearms. 6. In 1994, Congress imposed a 10-year ban on the manufacture, for sale to private individuals, of various semi-automatic* ?rearms it termed ?assault weapons,? and of ammunition magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, which primarily affected handguns designed for self-defense. Congress? subsequent study of the ban, as well as state and local law enforcement agency reports, showed that contrary to the ban?s supporters? claims, these firearms and magazines are misused in less than one percent of violent crime. Since the ban expired in 2004, the numbers of these ?rearms and magazines have risen to all- time highs and violent crime has fallen to a 44-year low. Would you support state legislation restricting the private possession, ownership, purchase, sale and/or transfer of semi-automatic ?rearms and/or limits on the capacity of magazines designed for self?defense? *Semi-ontomotic ?rearms have been commonly used for hunting, target shooting and self?defense since their introduction in the late 18005. All semi~outomaticsfire only one shot when the trigger is pulled. They are not ?lly-automatic machine guns, which have been strictly regulated under ?aderal law since 1934. a. Yes, I would support such legislation for semi-automatic ?rearms and magazines. b. Yes, I would support such legislation for semi-automatic ?rearms only. c. Yes, I would support such legislation for ammunition magazines only. Please specify magazine capacity limit: d. No, I would oppose such legislation. 7. Many .50 caliber ?rearms are used in big game hunting and target competition, and the .50 caliber BMG cartridge has been used for nearly a century. Would you support legislation prohibiting the ownership and/or sale of any .50 caliber firearms or ammunition in North Dakota? a. Yes, I would support such legislation. b. No, I would oppose such legislation. 8. Federal law requires all federally licensed ?rearms dealers to conduct a criminal records check prior to the sale of any ?rearm, whether the sale occurs at a retail store or at a gun show. Access to the FBI-run telephone?based ?instant check? system is limited to licensed dealers only. Under federal law, individuals who only occasionally sell ?rearms from their personal collections are not ?engaged in the business? of selling ?rearms, and are therefore (1) not required to be licensed, (2) not required to conduct records checks prior to transferring ?rearms and (3) not permitted to access the records check system used by licensed dealers. Although less than one percent of guns used in crimes are purchased at gun shows (according to the US. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics), gun control advocates aim to ban ?rearms sales at gun shows by occasional sellers and private collectors, or require that any transaction involving their legal property be conducted through a licensed dealer. Would you support state legislation restricting ?rearms sales by occasional sellers and private collectors at gun shows? a. Yes, I would support such legislation. Please explain: b. No, I would oppose such legislation. 9. Would you support state legislation to require a background check on every sale or transfer of a firearm, even between private individuals or family members (so-called ?universal? background checlm)? a. Yes, I would support requiring background checks on all private sales, including those to family members. b. Yes, I would support requiring background checks on private sales, excluding those to immediate family members. c. No, I would oppose requiring background checks on all private sales. 10. Some law enforcement departments have been destroying con?scated or surrendered sporting and selildefense ?rearms as well as outdated department ?rearms because they feel it is ?politically correct.? These ?rearms are legal products that have value and may be sold or auctioned to a federally licensed (FFL) dealer in order to generate revenue for law enforcement that are in need of additional equipment. Would you support legislation requiring law enforcement departments to auction or sell their con?scated or surrendered sporting and firearms to FFL dealers? a. Yes, I would support such legislation. b. No, I oppose such legislation. Please explain: 1. In some states, gun control supporters have promoted legislation that would require all new ?rearms to be equipped with ?smart? gun features supposedly designed to prevent a ?rearm from being ?red by someone other than its owner. Their pr0posals range from utilizing ?ngerprint technology designed to limit functionality to only one authorized user, to placing tracking and disabling devices in the firearm, which functionally allow the government to track and remotely disable any ?smart? gun which could be used to the gun owner?s disadvantage. ?Smart? gun technologies are still in the developmental stage and studies have found that they are not technically reliable. Even law enforcement has expressed concerns about its reliability. Gun control advocates never mention the fact that these technologies completely disregard the practicalities of defensive ?rearm use, are commercially unavailable, are proven unreliable, would constitute a signi?cant invasion of privacy, and will substantially increase the cost of new ?rearms. Would you support legislation mandating the sale of ?smart? guns? a. Yes, I would support such legislation. b. No, I would oppose such legislation. 12. in the United States, the number of privately owned ?rearms is at an all-time high and rises by more than 10 million annually. Meanwhile, the ?rearm accident death rate has decreased more than 90 percent over the last century. Accidents have declined in part due to NRA ?rearm safety training programs used by over 100,000 NRA Certi?ed Instructors as well as hundreds of schools, civic groups, and law enforcement agencies. Nevertheless, several states have recently considered legislation to require that locking devices be placed on ?rearms kept in the home. A look severely limits the ability to use a firearm for self-defense purposes and potentially increases the risk of a ?rearm accident. Would you support legislation mandating the use of locking devices (safes, trigger locks, cable locks, lock boxes, etc.) or other locking procedures for ?rearms stored in the home? ma. Yes. b. No. c. No, I would not support such legislation and would instead support a resolution encouraging North Dakota public schools to adopt Eddie Eagle GunSafe? accident prevention program as part of its curriculum. l3. Forty-nine states have some form of a concealed carry permit system--Vermont does not require a permit--for its citizens, enabling law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed ?rearm for defense of themselves and others. Would you support legislation placing any additional restrictions on license applicants or where license holders may lawfully carry? a. Yes, I would support such legislation. b. Yes, I would support such legislation and also believe concealed carry should be repealed. c. No, I believe North Dakota?s concealed carry laws are adequate. d. No, i would oppose such legislation and would support making it easier for law-abiding citizens to obtain a concealed carry permit and to lawfully carry. 14. Because existing state law sets speci?c conditions before North Dakota will recognize a permit to carry a concealed ?rearm issued by another state, North Dakota currently only recognizes the permits issued by 38 of the 48 other states that issue them. Many states simply universally recognize all permits to carry concealed ?rearms issued by other states, rather than setting standards designed to limit the number of recognized states, as North Dakota does. Would you support legislation that recognizes every state that offers a carry permit? a. Yes, I would support such legislation. b. No, I would oppose such legislation. 15. A person in his or her residence who is justi?ed in using deadly force in self-defense is not required to retreat from the threat before doing so. If the person is elsewhere, however, retreat is required if he or she knows that it can be accomplished ?with complete safety.? Because self-defense situations typically arise suddenly and unexpectedly, this requires Split-second decision making not just as to the necessity of deadly force, but whether a safe retreat is possible. Thus, the risk of a miscalculation in this life-or-death moment is borne by the innocent victim, rather than the aggressor whose actions gave rise to the need for self-defense. Would you support legislation to repeal the ?duty-to-retreat? for a person who is in any place he or she is legally entitled to be and who is otherwise justi?ed, by law, in using deadly force in self-defense? a. Yes. No. Please explain: 16. Many public colleges and universities allow visitors who possess a concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed firearm on their campuses, yet nearly all state-?mded higher learning institutions ban faculty, staff and students from carrying a concealed handgun on campus, even if they have a permit to carry a concealed ?rearm. The NRA believes a person with a permit to carry a concealed ?rearm should be able to carry that ?rearm concealed anywhere he or she has a legal right to be, except in certain ?sterile? high-security locations. Assuming each classi?cation of individuals listed below possessed a concealed handgun permit recognized by the state, who do you believe should legally be allowed to carry a concealed handgun on state college and university campuses? a. All law-abiding persons, including visitors, faculty, staff and students. b. Visitors, faculty, staff and some students. Please explain: c. Faculty, staff and students. d. Visitors, faculty and staff. . Faculty and staff. . Each college or university should determine the policy for its campus. g. No one should be allowed to carry a concealed handgun on state college and university campuses. 17. Which of the following best describes your attitude toward hunting? a. Hunting is a valuable tool for wildlife management, a positive use of natural resources and an American tradition that teaches young people responsibility and respect for the outdoors. b. Hunting should be made illegal. c. Other. Please explain: 18. Are you a member of the National Rifle Association or any other ?rearm/shooting Sports/Sportsman?s organization? a. Yes. NRA Membership Other Organization(s): No. 19. Have you ever run for or held an elected office? a. Yes. Please specify: No. Please use the reverse side for additional comments If your campaign has released a position paper on ?rearms Issues, please feel free to include it as well. Thank you for your time and consideration. This signature attests that the above information accurately represents the views of the candidate. Candidate?s Signature: Date: