The ACLU blog post on the Heller decision has racked up 150 comments so far. Only one gives mild support of the ACLU position. Most are just as toxic as my comment (see also my blog post).
I wonder if they will get the message. I doubted it at first but now I’m beginning to wonder. Even incredibly bigoted newspaper editorials against gun owners get a small percentage of people supporting them.
#151 awaiting moderation:
From the ACLU “About Us” page:
“If the rights of society’s most vulnerable members are denied, everybody’s rights are imperiled.”
Sounds nice. So, lets say a gay man is being attacked by a much stronger man in WA DC. Must he be beaten or killed because, according to the ACLU, he has no right to armed self defense? How many more must be victimized because their own government has effectively disarmed them, turning them into helpless little lambs for the slaughter?
What right could be more important that the right of self defense– the right to live?
The ACLU has been a joke for a long time. This statement of yours is just the icing on the cake.