ACLU’s Attention To Rights Should Include Gun Rights, Says Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
BELLEVUE, WA โ-(AmmoLand.com)- The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has vowed to monitor legislative reaction to three different police shootings in Washington State to make sure the proposals do not ultimately violate peopleโs rights if they become law.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today reminds the ACLU that the right to keep and bear arms is a constitutionally-protected right, and demands the same protection from legislative abuse as any other civil right.
โWhile our thoughts and prayers remain with the families of those officers who have been murdered in recent weeks,โ noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, โwe share the ACLUโs concern that the legislatureโs reaction may be to clamp down on the rights of law-abiding citizens, as well as the rights of criminal suspects, without actually accomplishing anything.โ
Washington ACLU spokesman Doug Honig was quoted by the Associated Press observing, โOur concern would be measures that are proposals that sound tough, but in practice wonโt do much to make us safer, but will restrict peopleโs rights.โ
โThatโs what gun owners have been saying for years about restrictive gun control measures that donโt reduce crime,โ Gottlieb stated. โAlready, some lawmakers are using these police shootings to advance their personal anti-gun agenda, calling for legislation to ban firearms that were not even used in any of the recent incidents. We also expect an attack on gun shows. Itโs flash-without-substance political exploitation, and nothing more.
โWhen the time comes to fight these insidious proposals,โ he concluded, โwe will be delighted if the ACLU joins in that battle. A civil right is a civil right, and gun prohibitionists in the Legislature need to recognize that. Gun owners are through taking the rap for crimes committed by ex-cons and neighborhood thugs. We will no longer suffer for the misbehavior of people who should not be on the streets in the first place.โ
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With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nationโs premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States. The Citizens Committee can be reached by phone at (425) 454-4911, on the Internet at www.ccrkba.org or by email to [email protected]
