Matthew Smith's letter ("Founders never envisioned an AR-15," June 15) is correct, but he goes on to totally miss the point of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which is self-defense. The Founders did not envision that the bad guys would have AR-15s or their equivalent either.
I'm sure Mr. Smith does not feel Donald Trump's life is more valuable than his life — or my life, yet Mr. Trump, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, all past presidents and most of the politicians in this country (particularly those screaming for gun control) are protected by bodyguards in one form or another who have AR-15s or their equivalent in their arsenal.
If they are entitled to protection in a form that is commensurate with the bad guys, so is Mr. Smith and so am I.
Phillip W. Worrall, Baltimore