Kevin Patrick for House of Delegates

This is the Gun Rights Questionnaire which comes from the Gun Rights Examiner.

1. Do you believe that the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" and that the Bill of Rights acknowledges our birthrights?
Yes, I believe it documents and guarantees (some but not all of) our individual rights.

2. If so, should these rights be pro-actively protected from infringement by all levels of government, including city, county and state?
Yes, this is called "incorporation of rights," I believe; and even if they won't protect these rights, we should be willing to protect them. Sadly, we may not be far away from a time where Americans will have to stand up and decided if they will continue to be free.

3. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider constitutional.
The Castle Doctrine, and Open Carry, which is technically a lack of a law.  "Shall not be infringed" is pretty strict...

4. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider unconstitutional.
The Brady Act, the 94-"Assault" Weapons Ban, Hi-Cap Mag bans, licenses to own or carry.  The GCA of '68, the NFA Act of '34, along with many others.

5. Does the right to bear arms include the right for any peaceable citizen to carry them concealed without a permit, as in Vermont?
Yes. 

6. Do you believe that Americans have a right to own, use and carry weapons of military pattern, and will you use the prestige of elected office to publicly promote that right?
Yes.  I believe that the most 'restrictive' interpretation of 2A would mean that the citizens, at the very least, should have access to the same weapons the average infantryman has access too.  A well-trained and prepared Militia, and all that. However, my reading of it is more lenient than that.

7. Do you support or oppose registration of weapons? Why?
I strongly oppose registration of arms.  Confiscation or banning of weapons has always been preceded by registration.  "Shall not be infringed" is pretty clear to me. In the 20th centry, nearly every major genocide from the Armenian Genocide to the Holocaust, have been preceded by a registering and than a ban of privately owned weapons of those groups who were murdered.

8. Do you support or oppose licensing requirements to own or carry firearms?
Why?
I oppose licenses to own and carry firearms.  A man with arms is a Citizen, one without is a serf.  If you have to ask permission to exercise a right, it's not a right: it's a privilege; and privileges can be taken away.

9. What specific gun laws will you work to get repealed?
The anti-carry laws in Charleston and Dunbar, the registration process for CC; I would work towards a permit for reciprocity with other States, but I would seek to recognize our rights to carry concealed (just as we can openly, in WV) without a permit. I would work towards a version of the Montant Firearms Freedom Act, a nullificaiton of the GCA, the NFA, and the Brady Act.

10. If elected, will you back your words of support for firearms rights up with consistent actions? How?
I am a gun owner.  I open carry.  I'm a firearms instructor-in-training.  I will always vote for the Constitution, and for the people.