2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/198626In the preceding Comment it is alleged that a "hidden loophole" in the proof of Hara's theorem has been found, which purportedly invalidates the conclusions of the paper commented upon. I show that there is no such loophole in the constituent quark model, and that the "counterexample" presented in the Comment is not gauge invariant.5 pages, reply to lanl e-print hep-ph/9709230High Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext