Regarding Jared Oh’s Jan. 28 letter of January 28, he does not understand that sane, law abiding citizens need to keep and bear modern military small arms so they can be called up by the governor in emergencies to augment the Washington National Guard, or by the King County Sheriff to augment the police (reference Federalist Paper no 46 and USC 10 Section 311).

While this possibility seems far fetched in this age of free elections and the rule of law, history teaches us otherwise. Banning so-called assault weapons and high-cap magazines would degrade our collective ability to defend our homes, our communities and our free state.

Charles Winters, Issaquah