Chris Rothfuss on Gun Control

Democratic Challenger

Absolute right to gun ownership

Q: Do you support the statement, "Absolute right to gun ownership"?

A: Support. The Second Amendment is very clear about guaranteeing an individual's right to keep and bear arms. I support the Second Amendment, and applaud the recent Heller decision.

Source: Email interview on 2008 Senate race with OnTheIssues.org Aug 10, 2008

Right to self-protection is an essential freedom

Each of us has the right to keep and bear arms, if we so choose. We have the right to protect ourselves, and the ones we love, without fear of reprisal. And it is during crisis that this essential freedom becomes most valuable --we need to make sure that no government, at any level, will ever again make the mistaken assumption that they can restrict this constitutional freedom when we are most in need of it. Source: Statement of Candidacy for United States Senate Mar 22, 2008

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