gatt wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
...

I prefer not to talk about my gun collection, but let's just say I
haven't needed the ACLU and I've thrown a whole hell of a lot of
7.62x39 downrange on many occasions including those where law
enforcement was also present.
-c

Well, you and I are lucky that we live in states and cities that
haven't passed laws that outlaw such guns. The same can not be said
for all of our fellow US citizens.

Ahh... you might have a point there. If I have idle time this
afternoon I'm going to try to see if the ACLU ever defended a 2nd
Amendment issue although I'm not sure that it's a battle they could
win if they tried.

If you find a 2nd Amendment case they've championed please let me know. I've
been involved in gun rights activity for over 20 years and never came across
one.

The ACLU backing gun rights would have one of two affects. Either they would
lose a large base of their support because of it or the anti-gun movement
would lose a large base of their support because the easily led supporters
would say, "Oh my God, gun rights is a civil rights issue because the ACLU
says so."

Although I take the anti-ACLU stuff with a grain of salt (anytime the
words "liberal", "communist" or "neocon" are used, I'm immediately
suspicious), I'm certainly not ready to extend the ACLU the benefit
of the doubt.
-c

Take it with a big grain of salt but the history of the organization is
studded with out right communists and socialists who did not and do not have
the best interest of the USA foremost in their mind. Just a little research
will show you that. I learned it in the chambers of a Democrat state judge
when I was a reporter right out of school. He was later appointed to a
federal judgeship by Clinton.