To the Editor:

In response to the letter from Mr. Ed Sapeta (Dec. 27) to repeal the Second Amendment, Thomas Jefferson also said, “The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”

Diane Feinstein wants to ban guns, yet she has a conceal-carry permit. Michael Bloomberg has the same idea, but he has paid armed guards, as do all the anti-gun mayors and governors. The vast majority of the population who legally own weapons are law-abiding citizens. It’s the 1 percent of our population who are the criminals and the criminally insane.