Veterans group supports ban on assault weapons
I am a member of a nonprofit, nonpartisan group, the Florida Veterans for Common Sense. We include both military veterans and “supporters” who support our various positions. Many of us served in combat in Vietnam, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq.We strongly support the Constitution and believe that peace and domestic tranquility should be the goals of all political action. One of our positions is that weapons of war (also known as assault weapons) should be banned for civilian ownership and use. The damage these weapons have caused is far more important, from a societal standpoint, than the desire by some individuals to own such weapons.
We believe the majority of Florida’s citizens agree and would vote for a constitutional amendment to ban them in 2020. We urge Governor-elect Ron DeSantis to take a stand and lead the way.
David Siegwald, Sarasota
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by Fred Bieker
I support the ban on civilians owning assault rifles here in the U.S. I am a combat veteran that served in Vietnam and saw first hand what these “weapons of war” can do to a human body.