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.