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Re:Welcome, ACLU by pc86 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:24PM (#13532793)
I am an ardent supporter of the individual right to gun ownership but you can't fault the ACLU for having a slightly different interpretation of 2A while still believing in the right.

And has others have stated, I'd much rather have the ACLU focus on things like 1A, 4A, etc. Leave 2A to the NRA and other 2A-specific advocacy groups.

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Re:Welcome, ACLU by CWuestefeld on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:47PM (#13533091)
I'm not so sure of that. It may be that their willingness to look at 2A in a completely different framework, claiming that the meaning of "the people" is different in just this case, will eventually undermine their defense of the rest of the Bill of Rights as well.
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Re:Welcome, ACLU by refurb on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:16PM (#13533443)
Exactly. If they took a view that the right to free speech is a "collective" right, that would completely gut any value they provide.
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