Re: Natural Rights

Dear Robert,

Thank you for reaching out to me with this message. I always appreciate hearing from constituents about the issues they are passionate about.

I was elected on the promise to my constituents to pass and support common sense gun safety legislation such as background checks. Though some fear that the General Assembly will move to ban all guns and pass unconstitutional laws, I'd like to reassure you that those beliefs are false. I will full-heartedly support measures to prevent gun violence that simultaneously respect that Constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens and make our communities safer.

Sincerely,

Martha Mugler

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From: Robert Alexander <alexanderofyork@yorkteaparty.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 1:08 PM
To: Martha Mugler <DelMMugler@house.virginia.gov>
Subject: Natural Rights

 

Dear Martha Martin Mugler,

I am writing you make sure you understand your duties as my servant in Virginia's House of Representatives. I assume you are familiar with the concept of natural rights but in the light of the current political climate, you can forgive me if I take the opportunity to explain what I see as the critical components of the concept that relate to your position as my representative.

Natural rights are rights that are inherent in our individual human nature. It helps to understand that the common nature of all of humanity is by the design of an unchanging God. Regardless of the origin, you must understand that these rights are inalienable and unchanging. This means they are a part of us and that not only has a government no authority to try and strip these rights away from us, no government has the ability to do so. In as much as a government attempts to infringe on the natural rights of the people, to the same degree it becomes tyrannical. Whether or not a person has voiced opposition to a tyrannical law, their very nature will reject it. In this way all such laws breed disrespect for the law and for the government enforcing it.

Now, in case I have to explain what was once self evident, you should know that right of self defense is a natural right. And since humans do not have the powerful claws of a bear, nor the sharp teeth of a tiger, we use the natural gifts we have to create and prepare our defenses. Today the best tool is gun but someday it may be a laser blaster. It is impossible for anyone to know and understand all of the latest trends and technology in the area of defensive weapons, and much more impossible to know all of the potential of human ingenuity. It is certainly impossible, as well as the height of hubris, for you to imagine that you and the largest army of bureaucrats could write a gun law that does not infringe on our right to bear arms. 

I and all of your constituents are counting on you to stand and protect us against every one of these gun control measures.

Sincerely,

Robert Bruce Alexander Jr.

615 Cary's Chapel Road,

Yorktown, VA 23693-2509