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quaker bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 06:18 PM
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5. In their words
Edited on Thu Dec-18-08 06:19 PM by quaker bill
"We do not, however, take a position on gun control itself. In our view, neither the possession of guns nor the regulation of guns raises a civil liberties issue."

....neither the possession of guns nor the regulation of guns raises a civil liberties issue....


They simply do not see it as a civil liberties issue. Therefore as the "civil liberties union" they do not get involved. Further, a bit earlier in the piece, they do not find an individual right in the language of the constitution. In short, they find that no individual right to possess arms exists to defend.

Personally, I agree.
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