An Open Letter to My (D) Senator

Dear Senator,

I am a responsible gun owner. Myself and my brother were taught to shoot by my father when I was 12 years old. Hunting and target shooting have been a large part of our family heritage for many generations, and no one has ever been injured. I have also taught my own child to responsibly handle a firearm, not only for hunting, but God forbid, she ever need it to defend herself against an attacker.

Today, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced her bill to effectively outlaw semi-automatic firearms with ugly features. I vehemently oppose this bill.

Home invasions with multiple invaders have been rising nationwide. Placing a limitation on magazine size puts my family at risk. While someone using a firearm for offensive purposes has plenty of time to change magazines, that is not true of self-defense situations especially in the case of multiple invaders.

The AR-15 is an ideal firearm for home defense. They're lightweight, easy to operate, and have minimal recoil. The .223/5.56x45 round that most use has been shown in numerous studies to be the least likely bullet to pass through a house wall and injure someone outside of it. The round falls apart when it hits the dry wall or gypsum.

I view this bill as a direct threat to the personal safety of myself and my family. Passage this bill will put more families, more women, and more children at risk from criminals, thugs, and rapists.

I urge you to oppose this bill. As President Obama recently said, “If it saves the live of only one child, it is worth it.” He’s right but he just had the wrong context in mind.

Farley: ‘Severe’ Strain Of Flu Reaches Epidemic Proportions In New York City « CBS New York

Farley: ‘Severe’ Strain Of Flu Reaches Epidemic Proportions In New York City « CBS New York

As one comment pointed out - 19k cases are hardly an "epidemic" in a city of 8+ Mil people... Personally, I feel it's just another vaccination push. Before taking a flu shot, please research thimerosal, a preservative derived from mercury, which is in the shot. If you follow the link, you will see even the FDA mentions the dangers of it:
("Over the past several years, because of an increasing awareness of the theoretical potential for neurotoxicity of even low levels of organomercurials and because of the increased number of thimerosal containing vaccines that had been added to the infant immunization schedule, concerns about the use of thimerosal in vaccines and other products have been raised. Indeed, because of these concerns, the Food and Drug Administration has worked with, and continues to work with, vaccine manufacturers to reduce or eliminate thimerosal from vaccines.")