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Theyve said previously that the reason they mostly stay out of the 2nd amendment is that there's already a well funded organization that has made the 2nd their
by rgbrenner 5y ago
Theyve said previously that the reason they mostly stay out of the 2nd amendment is that there's already a well funded organization that has made the 2nd their sole focus. The NRA's budget is larger than the ACLUs.. so it makes sense for them to prioritize other constitutional issues.
- Natsu 5y agoThere's mostly downside for them because a significant fraction of their members are not fans of the 2nd amendment. The closest I think they've gotten to gun cases is probably this one, which was more of a 4th amendment issue: https://www.aclu.org/cases/caniglia-v-strom https://www.aclu.org/cases/caniglia-v-strom
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- leephillips 5y agoThere have been others. I join in the disappointment at the sad turn the ACLU has taken. But they have been consistent in their opposition to no-fly lists, as an end-run around due process, and have applied the same argument against proposals to create similar no-gun lists. They are right in both cases. Then there was this case, which was mainly 1st amendment, but with strong 2nd amendment ingredients: https://lee-phillips.org/aclu2/ https://lee-phillips.org/aclu2/
- bazooka_penguin 5y agoDidn't the NRA help form early gun control laws?
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoYes but for all practical purposes it's not the same organization anymore.
- bitwize 5y agoThe NRA is bankrupt and about to be dissolved.