Dear soldier,

Please stop fighting for my freedom of speech. It's not working.

While you're overseas, killing people so "I have the right to say that," good people all over the country are being put in cages for thinking freedom of speech is still a right that will not be violated.

"Free speech zones" are used to quarantine humans who wish to express their opinions, to protect others from the dangers of their words. Independent journalists are detained for reporting on the crimes of the government for which you fight. It has become commonplace, when an average person records police abuse, to have cameras seized, evidence destroyed, and witnesses threatened or caged. Whistleblowers are kidnapped and prosecuted for exposing corruption and wrongdoing. Critics of those in power are spied on, demonized, harassed and characterized as potential terrorists.

Please stop fighting for my right to keep and bear arms. It's not working.

I can no longer legally walk around with the means to defend myself against an attacker in some of the most dangerous cities in the country. I can't move to New York because the law prohibits me from keeping a defense rifle in my home to protect myself from possible invaders. The ruling class you serve continues to vilify and harass gun owners. They continue to try to reduce the weaponry available to average citizens while police forces across the country are being militarized with all manners of weapons of war.