Those calling for ban on

assault rifles dead wrong

This retired Air Force major who wears the USAF sharpshooter’s ribbon says anti-gun

high schoolers who shout into cameras “No on assault rifles” are unknowing and dead

wrong.

If someone is invading a family home, mine or in the high crime South Side of Chicago, they need to be stopped. Multiple bullets in the invader’s belly from that rifle will do the job well.

One trigger pull equaling one bullet is not an assault rifle, it’s a necessity. And those who

think the NRA endorsed me or donated to me in my eight years of public office are wrong.

Not one penny.

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Ernie Konnyu

Former U.S. Congressman

San Jose