A letter to our representative

It would be disgraceful not to write:

The Honorable Mary Miller
1529 Longworth House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Congresswoman Miller:

Given the recent carnage in Highland Park, we want to ask:

You insist that the right to bear arms “shall not be abridged.” You repeat that phrase without regard for the rest of the sentence in which it appears, and without regard for what the word “arms” could have referred to when the text was written.

Antonin Scalia, as you may know, thought that the Second Amendment applies to hand-held weapons. No cannons for personal use! Are hand-held rocket launchers permitted under the Second Amendment? He said that would be a case to decide very carefully.

So here’s a question for you:

Do you believe that hand-held rocket launchers are permitted under the Second Amendment?

And if not, why do you believe that other weapons of war are?

And if we’re talking about rights that shall not be abridged, what about the right of a small child to attend a Fourth of July parade without losing both parents to a person wielding a weapon of war?

It seems to us that your willingness to protect life begins and ends in the uterus.

Sincerely, &c.

We don’t expect a reply. We had no reply to our last letter, asking what Miller had done or would be doing to encourage vaccination against COVID-19. Our congressional district still has the lowest rate of vaccination in the state.

If we get a reply, I’ll report back.

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