Dear editor:
Unless we put pressure on the federal government to call up the true militia (which is a nation of armed citizens), and train them, we will lose our rights at the state level.
Even though it is a cash cow for gun rights organization's lawyers and CEOs, we can no longer afford to pay our state legislatures to strip us of our rights and then pay lawyers to fight the state lawyers we are funding through our taxes.
The 2nd Amendment clearly states that "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
The armed citizenry of this great nation is not organized or trained. A well armed and well trained citizenry needs to be exempted from any and all state regulations, taxes, and insurance requirements.
Our small arms dealers need to be recognized as armories and should also be exempt from punitive measures by anti-gun factions.
Right now we are losing and will continue to lose our God-given constitutionally-protected rights.
Gun rights organizations, while necessary, are not the answer.
Sincerely,
Dale Parker,
Cedaredge, Colorado
