While the answers aren't bad, the point was to get the candidate's own thoughts. This lack of independent thinking is diappointing in a Libertarian candidate, and helps explain why the party still isn't catching on.

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 am a strict constructionist, supported by my voting record as a 6-year/3-term State Representative in the NH House.

2. If so, should these rights be proactively protected from infringement by all levels of government, including city, county and state?
Yes.

3. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider constitutional.
Castle doctrine, Vermont carry.

4. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider unconstitutional.
Restrictions on caliber or type of weapon, requirements for trigger locks.

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, providing the peaceable citizen is not a convicted felon.

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.

7. Do you support or oppose registration of weapons? Why?
I am solidly opposed. Registration invariably leads to attempts, and ultimately, successful confiscation. It is also a violation of the 2nd and 4th Amendments to the Constitution.

8. Do you support or oppose licensing requirements to own or carry firearms? Why?
I am solidly opposed, for the same reasons as #7.

9. What specific gun laws will you work to get repealed?
I am open to suggestions.

10. If elected, will you back your words of support for firearms rights up with consistent actions? How?
I will back my words in Congress the same way I backed them during my 6 years in the NH House: with my vote honoring the only sworn obligation of every Representative: to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Thank you for contacting me about gun control. I truly appreciate hearing from you, and I am working hard to stand up for New Hampshire's interests in Congress.

The U.S. must adopt and maintain policies that balance upholding the gun rights included in the Second Amendment of the Constitution with the privileges afforded by this right. I believe that our Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms" is compatible with our need for responsible use of our guns and protections of our citizens. New Hampshire has a long and proud tradition of responsible gun ownership and use.

I encourage you to continue to contact me about the issues that are important to you. Please feel free to visit my website at www.hodes.house.gov where you can share your ideas with me, learn about the services I can provide to you, and sign up for my periodic e-mail updates on what I am doing to help New Hampshire.

Either Hodes still fails to understand that direct answers are in order, or he knows full well that his real position would damage him in the election because his views are not representative of most NH voters. I won't vote for him; and I'll write-in someone, if necessary, to vote against him.

1. Do you believe that the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land"
YES
and that the Bill of Rights acknowledges MY rights?
YES….. The individual right to say no and not be armed must also be recognized.
We must all recognizes it is a bill of "INDIVIDUAL" rights that cannot and must not be bundled and controlled. Legislation is law, law is control hence Law and Order control by force.

2. If so, should these rights be proactively protected from infringement by all levels of government, including city, county and state?
See below.

2. If so, should these rights be protected from infringement by all levels of government, including city, county and state?
YES. But not through legislation.

3. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider constitutional.
None

4. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider unconstitutional.
All

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?
???

(If he didn't understand the question, I wish he'd asked for clarification. But what's not to understand? -CB)

7. Do you support or oppose registration of weapons? Why?
OPPOSE Registration is an infringement.

8. Do you support or oppose licensing requirements to own or carry firearms? Why?
OPPOSE Licensing is limiting by it’s very nature.

9. What specific gun laws will you work to get repealed?
All

(That's pretty much the best answer to that question I've seen anywhere, not just these NH surveys. -CB)

10. If elected, will you back your words of support for firearms rights up with consistent actions?
YES
How?
Not through legislation only through repeal.

His answers are generally good for a Republican, but he did weasel out of telling us his position on military-pattern weapons.