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Almost two weeks ago our country was once again attached by radical Islamic terrorism. An adherent of that demented ideology, who professed his allegiance to ISIS, walked into a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and slaughtered 49 innocent Americans. He did this solely in the name of his religion. Sadly, certain politicians, who include our President and Ohio’s Democratic Senate candidate, are now attempting to turn our attention away from a threat that has loomed over the heads of every American citizen since 9/11. They wish to direct your focus on to their own political preoccupation — gun control. Over the next few weeks, you will undoubtedly hear their political buzzwords used over and over again: gun show loophole; assault rifle; high capacity magazine; high powered ammunition. These terms have no definite meaning and no basis in reality. They are meant to scare the unknowledgeable into blind complicity through fear. Countless unscrupulous politicians will use your fear and exploit the deaths of innocent people at the hands of radicals in an attempt to make you an unwitting co-conspirator in the destruction of our constitutional rights. These politicians, who two weeks ago couldn’t tell you which end of a gun a bullet came out of, now profess to be the supreme authority on our nation’s firearm policies. When you listen to them, I would ask that you not overlook the irony or the risk of creating laws that allow those with guns to restrict those without guns from arming themselves. We have come too far as a nation and sacrificed too much for our freedoms to give up our rights because some outside group attacked us for the greatness that we represent.

Travis J. Faber, Esq.

Celina, OH

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