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“The ACLU strongly urges you to vote against the Collins Amendment because it uses the error-prone and unfair watchlist system, along with vague and overbroad terms, as a predicate for a proceeding to deny a firearms permit.”
I don't really have too much to say on this except that this stupid watchlist needs to go along with the no fly list.
The report also said that 75 percent of ATF prosecutions "were aimed at ordinary citizens who had neither criminal intent nor knowledge, but were enticed by agents into unknowing technical violations." I
originally posted by: GodEmperor
a reply to: M5xaz
Orlando shooter wasn't on a watch-list.
The majority of those people on the watch-list can't buy guns in U.S. they are not U.S. citizens.
Deny ignorance.
The ACLU, longtime opponent of individual gun rights, suddenly supports individual gun rights, but only for the kind of monsters that commit atrocities like Orlando.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: M5xaz
For example?
ACLU POSITION Given the reference to "a well regulated Militia" and "the security of a free State," the ACLU has long taken the position that the Second Amendment protects a collective right rather than an individual right.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: M5xaz
For example?
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: M5xaz
How does this support your claim?
originally posted by: M5xaz
a reply to: Kali74
The ACLU, longtime opponent of individual gun rights, suddenly supports individual gun rights, but only for the kind of monsters that commit atrocities like Orlando.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: M5xaz
I had missed Neo's post.
ACLUs position, a position many hold by the way doesn't mean that they won't support current interpretations of the law.
The ACLU, LONGTIME opponent of individual gun rights, suddenly supports individual gun rights, but only for the kind of monsters that commit atrocities like Orlando.
It's not sudden because it suddenly flits into your limited consciousness. They've been opposing the lists and the Patriot Act for, oh, about 15 years now.
And in general, I'd venture that it's still the lists they take issue with. And them taking up the fight against the list does not extrapolate into them opposing gun control.
In fact, if the lists were better...