{"id":7993,"date":"2013-04-04T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2013-04-04T08:47:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:47:56","slug":"aclu-opposes-gun-bill-and-gun-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7993","title":{"rendered":"ACLU opposes gun bill and gun rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2013\/04\/04\/exclusive-aclu-says-reids-gun-legislation-could-threaten-privacy-rights-civil-liberties\/\" target=\"_blank\">The ACLU opposes Harry Reid&#8217;s gun bill<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dscc.org\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Democrats<\/a> struggle to build support for new gun control legislation, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\" target=\"_blank\">American Civil Liberties Union<\/a> now says it\u2019s among those who have \u201cserious concerns\u201d about the bill. \u00a0Those concerns have the capacity to prove a major setback to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2013\/04\/03\/loose-language-in-reids-gun-control-bill-allows-the-beginnings-of-a-national-gun-registry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Harry Reid\u2019s current gun bill<\/a>, which includes language from earlier bills introduced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schumer.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Sens. Chuck Schumer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/boxer.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Barbara Boxer<\/a>. \u00a0In an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller, a top lobbyist for the ACLU announced that the group thinks Reid\u2019s current gun bill could threaten both privacy rights and civil liberties &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s great, except for one tiny, little thing: nowhere does the ACLU mention they oppose the bill because they feel it would be an infringement upon <strong>specifically enumerated<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" target=\"_blank\">2nd Amendment<\/a> civil rights. \u00a0They still refuse to acknowledge that.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D7993&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7993\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7993\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7993\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACLU opposes Harry Reid&#8217;s gun bill: &#8220;As Senate Democrats struggle to build support for new gun control legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union now says it\u2019s among those who have \u201cserious concerns\u201d about the bill. \u00a0Those concerns have the capacity to prove a major setback to Sen. 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