Here is a link to the American Civil Liberties Union stance on Gun Control.
An interesting tidbit from their page follows:
Since the Second Amendment. . . applies only to the right of the State to maintain a militia and not to the individual’s right to bear arms, there can be no serious claim to any express constitutional right to possess a firearm.
OK, so let’s go back and read the second amendment:
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free
State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Well regulated militia…security of a free State…the right OF THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Perhaps the ACLU and its manifold lawyers need a quick lesson in reading comprehension. The second amendment, right in its very own text, assigns the right to keep and bear arms to the people. Not to a militia, not to police or a military but to the God blessed people of this great country.
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
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Hey! Thanks for visiting my blog. Since you were so kind as to translate PPPoE for me, I’ll help you out with the ACLU’s interpretation of the 2nd amendment:
“We pick and choose from the amendment what WE want to hear, and the rest is yada yada yada.”
Hope this helps!
Grafs, fellow fan of the 2nd Amendment in it’s purest form.
They’re too busy defending people on death row that used guns to kill someone with to see how hypocritical they are…or something like that- it’s early and I haven’t had much coffee.
It’s amazing how all the amendments in the Bill of Rights pertain to the individual (read citizen) except for that pesky second one that pertains to government….