Letter to Congress

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So I have done something, that I admit, I have have never done.  With all the talk about an AWB, I decided it was time that I send some emails.  Below is what I wrote to my congressmen.  Hopefully, with many other calls, emails, and letters, our voice maybe heard.

 

Sen./Rep. ----,

My name is ---- of Tullahoma TN, and I am a ----.  I am writing you in concern for the protection of our nation’s second amendment.  While my heart is broken by the recent tragedies, I also understand that if we continue to ignore the root of the problem and blame objects for the actions of a person, we will continue to be faced with the same violence and tragedies we have seen in the recent years.  I urge you to help your colleagues understand that objects are no more responsible for the actions of a person than the victims are responsible for crime. 

Firearms have been an integral part of this country from its inception; fore without firearms, this country would not exist.  Our founding fathers had the foresight and understanding to provide provisions that would ensure the citizens will always be able to protect the populous from the government.  Those who argue that civilians have no need for one weapon or the other have not a true understanding of the significance of the second amendment.  We are all proud to live in a nation where we are free to enjoy the first amendment or protected by the fourth amendment; however, what many people would like to ignore is that the freedoms and protections granted under the Bill of Rights are protected physically only by those who choose to exercise the second amendment of the same document.  While I certainly hope that I never have an actual need for an “assault rifle” or high capacity magazines, I do own such weapons, and I sincerely fear the intentions of those who would hope to disarm me of such. 

Furthermore, I would argue that any person who believes this country would be safer with stricter gun control laws is delusional.  If you will please, consider the likes of Mexico and China.  With the violence of drug cartels, areas of Mexico are perhaps some of the most dangerous places in the world leading to the discovery of multiple mass graves of both civilians and law enforcement alike that had been gunned down.  In China, on the same day as the Newtown massacre, a man with a knife stabbed over twenty elementary school kids.  Similarly, two years prior, another man wielding a knife stabbed about fifty students, killing over twenty.  Please remember, this is in countries where law-abiding citizens are essentially forbidden to own guns.  It further supports the argument that gun control will neither increase the safety of this country, nor will it end tragedies such as that inflicted last week.    

In my short lifetime, I have observed the demise of family values, watched as people have become morally ambiguous through popular culture, horrified by the neglect of mental health, and felt ostracized as God was eradicated from any public theatre.  In order to curb the violence in the country, we must face the more difficult issues at hand other than continuing to believe that objects lead people to actions that they would otherwise not have the inclination to commit.  The easy way out is to blame objects rather than the demerits of people, but I implore you to do the right thing and lead the charge to succinctly address the root of the violence in this country while protecting our freedoms.   

Sincerely concerned citizen,

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I sent my letters to them all last night. 

 

I assume you did this as well.  I addressed them by full name as Senator or Congressmen (name)

 

I even personalized each email slightly for each of them.