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The title does not accurately represent what the ACLU said, > ACLU: "We’ve had people with odious views, all manner of bigots. But not people who want to carry
by unityByFreedom 9y ago
The title does not accurately represent what the ACLU said,
> ACLU: "We’ve had people with odious views, all manner of bigots. But not people who want to carry weapons and are intent on committing violence"
That last bit is important. From the Vice report,
> CANTWELL: "a lot more people are gonna die before we're done here" [1] [2]
This is the kind of statement that gets you arrested for inciting a riot.
[1] https://youtu.be/P54sP0Nlngg?t=20m51s https://youtu.be/P54sP0Nlngg?t=20m51s
[2] http://archive.is/eNUmW http://archive.is/eNUmW
- gmiller123456 9y agoSeems like the ACLU could have left off the part about "people who want to carry weapons" and just went with "people who are intent on committing violence" if they wanted to be clear about it. I think the quote below shows this is specifically about carrying firearms, regardless of intent. >"If a protest group insists, ‘No, we want to be able to >carry loaded firearms,’ well, we don’t have to represent >them. They can find someone else," the newspaper quoted > Anthony Romero, the ACLU’s executive director since >2001, as saying.
- unityByFreedom 9y agoCan't it be both? Guns + intent to be violent = no ACLU support