In Case You Didn’t Already Know This
October 16th, 2008
This will probably come as no shock to anyone, but it is worth bringing up again.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the self-proclaimed defender of our rights, does not believe the second amendment is an individual right. Not a shocker I know, but I was wondering if they had changed at all since Heller. The answer is, not so much:
The ACLU disagrees with the Supreme Court’s conclusion about the nature of the right protected by the Second Amendment. We do not, however, take a position on gun control itself. In our view, neither the possession of guns nor the regulation of guns raises a civil liberties issue.
So, even after SCOTUS ruled that is in fact an individual right, they still don’t buy it. This is to be expected of course from such an organization, as they were founded by a Communist, and continually seek to expand what is considered a citizen’s right as long as it is something offensive to mainstream America.
The ridiculous thing about their argument is their clinging to Miller, and then on the same page they claim that it is a collective right even without Miller. Whatever. Please FOAD.
Edited to add: Oh, I just noticed their dumb slogan on their website. “Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself”.
That is infuriating really. It isn’t protected by a bunch of communist, birkenstock-wearing, hippie lawyers either. It IS protected by an armed citizenry, and our wonderful men and women in uniform.
Categories: Guns, Politics | Tags: RKBA, socialist stupidity
