I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.

I only wish the NRA and its jellyfish, well-paid supporters in legislatures both State and Federal would be careful to recite the whole of it, and then tell us how a heavily armed man, woman, or child, recruited by no official, led by no official, given no goals by any official, motivated or restrained only by his or her personality and perceptions of what is going on, can be considered a member of a well-regulated militia.

A well regulated militia composed of the body of the people trained in arms is the best most natural defense of a free country.

For a people who are free and who mean to remain so a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.