Letter: The Second Amendment is critical to this country’s survival – Yakima Herald-Republic

To the editor A recent letter to the editor stated that "no one wants to take your guns." While this is technically correct, the liberal state governments are chipping away at our rights to gun ownership. An outright seizure of arms would be met with great resistance and outright disobedience, so they are making the ownership and use of firearms impossible.

It is important that the voters understand the purpose of the Second Amendment. It is not for hunting or self-protection, valid as those uses are. It is solely for the purpose of enabling the citizens to keep the government in control. All governments devolve into a totalitarian, self-serving entity. The war in Afghanistan has been the longest war America has fought. This proves that even the greatest military force on Earth cannot win against a population armed with small arms.

Any government will eventually go bad, and our forefathers knew this. The Second Amendment is crucial to the survival of this constitutional republic (not democracy as some have chosen to believe). When you vote, remember that your freedoms in this great country are in peril.

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