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To the editor The Second Amendment means different things to different people.

It can mean the ability to feed your family or provide sport and challenge through hunting. Some people have their weapons for defense. This can mean defending livestock from predators, your home and family from intruders or criminals. Some see it as a requirement to maintain a well-regulated militia if needed.

While these are all valid reasons, this is not the reason that the Second Amendment is the most important.

The importance of the Second Amendment is that it should be used to protect the other amendments, whenever they may be challenged or restricted. It was specifically written by our forefathers to protect the other amendments, in case the government in the future tried to restrict the other rights granted to us in the Constitution, like our right to speech, religion, fair trial, etc.

The Second Amendment is the most important amendment because if the government restricts or eliminates this amendment, it can then take away any of the other rights granted to us in the Bill of Rights without resistance. The Second Amendment is the protection given to the other amendments and allows us to uphold our Constitution.

SAMUEL JENSEN

Zillah

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Letter: Second Amendment keeps other amendments safe - Yakima Herald-Republic