Assemblyman Perez,
You recently voted in support of AB 144, a law intended to further inhibit and prevent law-abiding California citizens ("the people") from securing their liberties, property and lives by keeping and bearing arms.
What danger do law-abiding citizens pose to anyone by carrying holstered, unloaded firearms in public? How many crimes have been committed by law-abiding citizens openly carrying holstered, unloaded firearms? What outcry from the community has prompted you to ignore your sworn duty to uphold the U.S. Constitution by supporting this clearly unconstitutional bill?
Frankly, if "the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" means merely that legislators may "infringe" it in whatever way they want, then the Constitution means nothing. Your vote is a mockery of republican government and constitutional law. We didn't elect you to be our ruler, sir, we elected you to uphold our laws. And clearly the right to protect one's life, liberty and property, by violent means, if necessary, is among the most sacrosanct, indeed, the principal right by which all other rights are secured.
Please explain how your vote squares with "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed".
--Will Carter
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