2024 Primary Survey Results
Welcome to the 2024 Indiana Firearms Coalition Candidate Survey Results page for the Republican Primary election to be held on May 7th!
Below you will find every completed survey that we have received from the candidates running to represent you: in the State House, the State Senate, and in the United States Congress.
If a candidate running in your area is not listed here, they did not complete and return their survey to the Indiana Firearms Coalition.
You can sort this data by what office you are interested in, what county you live in, or by a candidate’s name to find the answers to the survey questions that we’ve listed below. You will even see a link to each candidate’s completed survey, so you can see their answers for yourself!
(NOTE: just because a candidate is listed here does not necessarily mean they answered 100% pro-gun! Be sure to check the candidate’s responses to each and every question on their survey.)
If you have questions or concerns about the survey data, please contact us at:
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Questions:
Question 1:
Missouri passed the nation’s leading Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) in 2021. This law asserts state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment and tells the federal government that while Missouri can’t stop them from passing gun control, Missouri wouldn’t allow their cops and other resources to be used to help them enforce it. And since the bulk of federal laws are enforced by state and local officers, this law means that the bulk of Biden’s gun control agenda will go unenforced in Missouri. With strong civil penalties built into it, Missouri’s SAPA law gives individual gun owners the ability to hold departments that intentionally violate the law accountable. If elected, would you SUPPORT and VOTE YES on Second Amendment Preservation Act legislation for Indiana, which states that Indiana cops may not be used by the federal government to enforce federal gun control laws or Executive Orders, and which contain civil penalties that allow gun owners to hold rogue departments who break the law accountable?
Question 2
Most mass shootings happen in so-called ‘Gun-Free Zones’ where law-abiding citizens are forced to disarm. Thousands of Americans have been shot or murdered by violent criminals in these zones over the last fifteen years, because law-abiding citizens were unable to defend themselves or their loved ones, because of a deadly law that forced them to disarm. If elected, would you SUPPORT and VOTE YES on legislation that eliminates government-mandated ‘Gun Free Zones,’ that leave law-abiding citizens helpless against violent killers looking to rack up a body count?
Question 3
Even while other red states are banning ‘Red Flag Gun Seizures,’ the politicians in Indianapolis have passed ‘Red Flag’ laws here and have even expanded them! Also known as ‘Extreme Risk Protection Orders,’ these laws allow virtually anyone to petition a court and make the claim that a person is a ‘danger to themselves or others’ while providing little to no evidence. Once filed, ‘Red Flag’ allegations now allow a liberal judge to strip a law-abiding gun owner of their firearms before they have been arrested, indicted, or convicted of a crime. In most cases, this is done through ex-parte hearings that the gun owner knows nothing about. If elected, would you SUPPORT and VOTE YES on legislation like HB-1409, that repeals ‘Red Flag Gun Confiscation’ law that shreds Hoosiers’ due process rights, by disarming gun owners who have never been convicted of a crime?
Question 4
Over the last four years, an estimated 7,500,000 million people have illegally entered America. The Dept. of Homeland Security said that at least 70,000 of these were ‘special interest’ aliens, coming from countries that ‘promote or protect terrorism’ against the United States. Now, some are trying to use the Bruen decision to justify letting these foreign nationals possess firearms. If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation that would allow foreign nationals who have entered America illegally to possess a firearm, knowing that they’ll be able to legally buy a firearm once they’ve completed the process for entry?
Question 5
Indiana has had Stand-Your-Ground law for years now, allowing innocent Hoosiers to defend themselves from violent criminals without having to retreat first. Without this law, gun owners could be arrested and prosecuted for not retreating an arbitrary number of steps before defending themselves or their loved ones. Recently, Leftist politicians in Indiana have called for a repeal of Stand-Your-Ground law. If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation that would repeal any portion of Indiana’s Stand-Your-Ground law, knowing that without this law, innocent Hoosiers could go to prison at the hands of a Soros-backed prosecutor?
Question 6
In the wake of recent high-profile murder sprees around the country, anti-gun politicians here in Indiana, the media and Bloomberg-funded activists in Indianapolis have entered legislation like SB-66, which would mandate a complete ban on the AR-15 (and standard 30-round magazines) and hundreds of related firearms all because of their cosmetic features. These firearms are wildly popular and are owned by tens of thousands of Hoosiers. If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation that bans the manufacture, sale or possession of semi-automatic firearms and their standard capacity magazines — knowing that these restrictions don’t stop crime, but are used to harass gun owners?
Question 7
Anti-gun organizations, often funded with out-of-state resources from Michael Bloomberg, have been pushing legislation like SB-66 for years. If passed, this would end all private party firearms transfers in Indiana unless gun owners submit to a federal NCIC check, thereby adding themselves and their firearm to a federal list. As we’ve seen, this legislation does virtually nothing to stop crime but expands state and national databases of gun owners – which can be used against gun owners later. If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on ‘Universal Gun Registrations’ (or similar legislation) that would ban all private party gun sales and make criminals out of Hoosiers who lawfully transfer firearms without first obtaining government permission?
Question 8
Various state legislatures have already passed legislation that would make it a felony for Americans between the age of 18-20 to own firearms! And there are politicians here in Indiana who want to do the same thing, which is why they filed SB-24. To be clear, these are law-abiding citizens who can exercise their right to vote, serve in the military, pay taxes, get married, have careers, and enjoy every other aspect of being a legal adult. If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation that would make it a crime for Hoosiers between the ages of 18-20 to buy and own firearms, leaving them defenseless, and unable to defend themselves or their loved ones?
Question 9
Violent crime is out of control in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Gary, a direct result of liberal policies. But rather than enforcing the laws we already have and punishing criminals for their crimes, the Radical Left has filed SB-95 which would repeal Indiana’s pre-emption law, allowing liberal cities to make up their own gun control within city limits. This would give city mayors and counties the ability to repeal Stand-Your-Ground, Constitutional Carry, and even the right to own an AR-15 in their jurisdictions. If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation that would repeal Indiana’s preemption law that would allow individual cities and counties the ability to enact gun control laws that are more restrictive than state law, and that would ensnare innocent Hoosiers with a patchwork quilt of local gun control laws, while not stopping crime?
Question 10
Almost every legislative candidate will say “I support the Second Amendment” but not all will stand firmly against new and invasive forms of gun control, especially when ‘compromises’ are offered. If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on all methods of gun control, including those that the media calls ‘reasonable?’ These could include bans on ‘ghost guns,’ laws that ban those with simple misdemeanor convictions from owning guns, new taxes on ammunition, civil liability insurance requirements for gun owners, and the use of pistol braces?
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Questions:
Question 1
Do you believe the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights is a limitation on government, is an individual right that is protected by the Constitution of the United States of America, and that it is the duty of the United States Congress to protect that right?
Question 2
If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation like S. 494/H.R. 715 that restricts law-abiding citizens from privately selling firearms to other law-abiding citizens without possessing a Federal Firearms License or submitting to a state or federal background check? These checks form a de facto national gun registry, which the ATF recently said contains one billion records.
Question 3
If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation like S. 247/H.R. 3018 that establishes ‘Red Flag Gun Confiscation’ in America, knowing that these proposals violate Americas long enshrined due process rights by allowing the courts to order the confiscation of a gun owner’s firearms, before they’ve been convicted of a crime in a court of law?
Question 4
If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation like S. 1108 (117th Congress) that makes it illegal for law-abiding citizens to own and possess firearms and firearms accessories such as standard 30-round magazines, firearms made from 80% lowers, suppressors and other accessories that are in common use, making firearms safer to use while not increasing violent crime?
Question 5
If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on legislation like S. 25/H.R. 698 which makes felons out of law-abiding gun owners for the sale, manufacture, importation, or possession of hundreds of different styles of semi-automatic rifles, shotguns or handguns, including the AR-15?
Question 6
If elected, would you OPPOSE and VOTE NO on all legislative attempts to disarm lawful citizens through mental health processes that allow judges, doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, or anyone else to arbitrarily declare someone mentally defective, disarming them before they’ve had their day in court?
Question 7
If elected, would you SUPPORT and VOTE YES on legislation like H.R. 6248 which establishes a national Stand-Your-Ground law, by removing the ‘duty to retreat,’ clarifying that gun owners are legally able to defend themselves against violent predators, without having to retreat first?
Question 8
If elected, would you SUPPORT and VOTE YES on legislation like H.R. 374 which would abolish the scandal-ridden Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after giving them time to inventory and sell the firearms in their possession and divert their cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
Question 9
If elected, would you SUPPORT and VOTE YES on legislation that would repeal the 1994 Gun-Free Schools Act, which has made America’s schools the site of repeated mass shootings, as violent criminals know that they are unlikely to face any armed opposition?
Question 10
If elected, would you SUPPORT and VOTE YES on legislation such as H.R. 450, which would repeal the National Firearms Act, which has been used by many Presidents to bypass Congress and declare firearms accessories illegal by fiat?
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