Dear Congressman Menendez:

As American born citizen of Cuban descent, who lives in New Jersey, I am

extremely disappointed with your position on Gun Control. Apparently you

have a short memory or you have forgotten what happened in Cuba. Fidel

Castro instituted gun control/gun confiscation when he came to power and we

all know what happened in Cuba. As you yourself know, every new piece of

gun control legislation as innocent has it may seem, erodes our rights.

Just look at the pending laws in our own State of New Jersey which border on

the total ban of handguns.

The Bill of Rights was written just to prevent that sort of thing from

happening. Our founding fathers believed to a man, that in a free society,

each person had the right if not the obligation to protect his family,

himself and his country. They all believed The Second Amendment was a

formality as they could not imagine that our great country which was created

with the blood and guns of private citizens, would look to restrict those

same citizens of their gun ownership.

Furthermore, most policemen who have not received advancement through the

political process will tell you that they cannot protect us and that new gun

control laws will not curtail crime, but it will affect law abiding

citizens. Most often police do not prevent crimes, they solve them.

I urge you to reconsider your position and not endorse any new gun control

laws.