The Second Amendment is a Fundamental Right
Dear Friend,
As a member of Congress, I took an oath to protect and defend the U.S.
Constitution. I did not swear to uphold only the sections I liked. The Bill of Rights contain civil liberties
so fundamentally important that no matter how unpopular at times, these rights are guaranteed and no
president, no Congress and no person can deprive them from us. The Second Amendment, hated by some, is
a fundamental right as well. I, and millions of others, see the wisdom of the Second Amendment even as
many do not. But whether you see its wisdom, all public officials were sworn to uphold it.
And this is where I part ways with the president. On Wednesday, President
Obama sought to undermine constitutional guarantees when he unveiled 23 measures, in a combination of
executive orders and proposed new legislation, to restrict gun ownership.
All of us share the grief of the criminal use of guns but we must realize there is no easy answer
to the problem of violence we face in our country. Some of us recognize a simple reality — there
are bad people who do bad things. No amount of laws will change that. Indeed, murder and assault are
crimes but these events still occur. Some naively assert that just one more law, one more regulation,
will change that.
As always, you can follow everything I am working on in Arizona and Washington, D.C. through my
website (http://gosar.house.gov
) on Twitter @repgosar
,
or through Facebook
at Representative Paul Gosar.
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Sincerely,
Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. Member of Congress |
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