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Originally posted by HarmlessRabbit
Why should the ACLU defend your right to own a gun...
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Simple. The right to keep and bear arms is a Constitutional right. The ACLU claims that it exists to defend my Constitutional rights. Not "some" of my rights, or the rights it thinks are the most popular, but all of them.
It does not matter that there are other special interest groups that like certain rights more. Those groups never claimed to have the entire Constitution in mind. The ACLU does, but they still play favorites with sections of the Constitution, and allow considerable interpretation beyond what the Supreme Court has determined.