Name: Anonymous 2008-06-27 1:32
As you all probly know the Supreme Court has lately ruled that Americans have a right to keep and bear arms contained within the 2nd Amendment.
http://www.nraila.org/heller/
As some of you might also be aware, in the past, the ACLU (who claim they are out there to protect the Bill of Rights/the Constitutional rights of Americans) have justified their silence on gun control matters in claiming that the 2nd Amendment is a collective right for the military, or whatever other government agents, not for ordinary people.
http://www.aclu.org/police/gen/14523res20020304.html
The ACLU's website seems, thus far, to have nothing to say about the recent supreme court decision affirming that Americans DO have an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Now that that's behind us, I wonder if the ACLU will finally come around to supporting the constitutional rights of gun owners.
According to the Wikipedia, the holding of the Supreme Court is that: "The Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
According to the ACLU:
""The ACLU agrees with the Supreme Court's long-standing interpretation of the Second Amendment [as set forth in the 1939 case, U.S. v. Miller] that the individual's right to bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia. Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected. Therefore, there is no constitutional impediment to the regulation of firearms." — Policy #47"
So once again: "EXCEPT FOR LAWFUL POLICE AND MILITARY PURPOSES, THE POSSESSION OF WEAPONS BY INDIVIDUALS IS NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENT TO THE REGULATION OF FIREARMS." -ACLU POLICY STATEMENT
Once again, the recent Supreme Court Decision on the meaning of the 2nd Amendment:
"The Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
Why is the ACLU determined to ignore the clear and obvious intent of the 2nd Amendment while they parade around trying to rally up support for 'rights' like abortion, affirmative action, 'immigrant rights' and shit like that that has no basis in the first 10 amendments of the bill of rights whatsoever?
According to the "ABOUT THE ACLU" page on their website: "Majority power is limited by the Constitution's Bill of Rights, which consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment (women's suffrage), adopted in 1920.
The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees"
Note that they mention the "ORIGINAL TEN AMENDMENTS" and how "THE MISSION OF THE ACLU IS TO PRESERVE ALL OF THESE PROTECTIONS AND GUARANTEES".
They don't say "some" of these guarantees, they say "ALL" of those guarantees.
http://www.nraila.org/heller/
As some of you might also be aware, in the past, the ACLU (who claim they are out there to protect the Bill of Rights/the Constitutional rights of Americans) have justified their silence on gun control matters in claiming that the 2nd Amendment is a collective right for the military, or whatever other government agents, not for ordinary people.
http://www.aclu.org/police/gen/14523res20020304.html
The ACLU's website seems, thus far, to have nothing to say about the recent supreme court decision affirming that Americans DO have an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Now that that's behind us, I wonder if the ACLU will finally come around to supporting the constitutional rights of gun owners.
According to the Wikipedia, the holding of the Supreme Court is that: "The Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
According to the ACLU:
""The ACLU agrees with the Supreme Court's long-standing interpretation of the Second Amendment [as set forth in the 1939 case, U.S. v. Miller] that the individual's right to bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia. Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected. Therefore, there is no constitutional impediment to the regulation of firearms." — Policy #47"
So once again: "EXCEPT FOR LAWFUL POLICE AND MILITARY PURPOSES, THE POSSESSION OF WEAPONS BY INDIVIDUALS IS NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENT TO THE REGULATION OF FIREARMS." -ACLU POLICY STATEMENT
Once again, the recent Supreme Court Decision on the meaning of the 2nd Amendment:
"The Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
Why is the ACLU determined to ignore the clear and obvious intent of the 2nd Amendment while they parade around trying to rally up support for 'rights' like abortion, affirmative action, 'immigrant rights' and shit like that that has no basis in the first 10 amendments of the bill of rights whatsoever?
According to the "ABOUT THE ACLU" page on their website: "Majority power is limited by the Constitution's Bill of Rights, which consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment (women's suffrage), adopted in 1920.
The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees"
Note that they mention the "ORIGINAL TEN AMENDMENTS" and how "THE MISSION OF THE ACLU IS TO PRESERVE ALL OF THESE PROTECTIONS AND GUARANTEES".
They don't say "some" of these guarantees, they say "ALL" of those guarantees.