Kenders' Musings

I called the ACLU yesterday to ask for clarification regarding their policy on the second amendment.....you know that little ol' amendment that says:

"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."

Uh-huh. Here is what they say about it:

"The national ACLU is neutral on the issue of gun control. We believe the Second Amendment does not confer an unlimited right upon individuals to own guns or other weapons, nor does it prohibit reasonable regulation of gun ownership, such as licensing and registration."

Can you spot the error of their ways here?

Let's hit a few keywords shall we?

Neutral....in other words NOT taking a position.

They are NOT neutral on the second amendment.

Let me point something out: According to the ACLU the second amendment "does not confer an unlimited right upon individuals to own guns"

AND

"nor does it prohibit reasonable regulation of gun ownership"

In otherwords the ACLU believes that the second amendment does NOT give you the right to own an "unlimited" amount of guns nor does the second amendment "prohibit reasonable regulation of gun ownership".....You have no right to own guns accordin to the ACLU, and they have never gone to bat FOR the second amendment...

Check this out:

U.S. v. Warin (6th Circuit, 1976)
Unless the Constitution protects the individual's right to own all kinds of arms, there is no principled way to oppose reasonable restrictions on handguns, Uzis or semi-automatic rifles.


In other words since the thinking is, rightly so, that people have no right to own bazookas, missiles and nukes then it stands to reason (wrongly) that you have no right to own any weapon.

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Oh and that call? After getting the run around about all of the info I need being online I told the girl that I was with Stop The ACLU dot org.

I got a quick "All the info is online, thanks for calling...have a nice day." and a worlds record for someone hanging up a phone set. Too Damned Funny!!!