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Might the ACLU be a strong supporter of all persons' gun rights?

By Douglas A. Berman

I am intrigued and encouraged to see this story from the Las Vegas Sun about a local chapter of the ACLU seeing the light on Second Amendment rights.  Here are excerpts from the storyEveryone loves guns in Nevada.  Ducks Unlimited, the National Rifle Association, Republicans, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ... Wait. The ACLU?  The Nevada ACLU has declared its support for an individual?s right to bear arms, apparently making it the first state affiliate in the nation to buck the national organization?s position on the Second Amendment. The state board of directors reached the decision this month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the rights of individuals to own handguns. ?The Nevada ACLU respects the individual?s right to bear arms subject to constitutionally permissible regulations,? a statement on the organization?s Web site said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 11, 2008 (boomark / email).