United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- By now, Second Amendment supporters are probably aware of what the ACLU put out regarding the origins of the constitutional provision that protects our right to keep and bear arms. This isn’t a mere whopper, it’s a Triple Whopper with Bacon and Cheese – with appropriate apologies to that delicious fast-food burger for being associated with a blood libel.
The Founders of this country had a lot to say about the Second Amendment and why they included it. The history of both the Second Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment discussed in a pair of landmark Supreme Court cases also has a lot to say about the ACLU’s version of history. In fact, Clayton Cramer makes a compelling case that it is the effort to deny Americans of the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights that is founded in racism.
Suffice it to say that the ACLU’s lie is easily refuted. But let’s think about what the ACLU was doing with this attack. They wanted to smear those who are defending the Second Amendment as defending the evils of slavery and racism. In essence, there was nothing about history in their post. It was about sticking a social stigma on those who defend the Second Amendment.
Why the social stigma?
Because these days, corporate America is buying a lot of nonsense, and when you consider that corporate America, notably Silicon Valley, are actively making moves against the Second Amendment and its defenders, and have for a while.
There is just one big problem: They need to find something to justify continued censorship. Jen Psaki blew up one of the fig leaves a few weeks ago. So, if the government cannot flag so-called “misinformation” for Silicon Valley to censor, those who want to cut off Second Amendment supporters from being able to even make the argument have to find a new pretext. Phony charges of racism will do nicely, especially as a way to dehumanize Second Amendment supporters.
These lies can have serious consequences, and Second Amendment supporters need to hold the ACLU accountable. Second Amendment supporters need to be very vocal in calling out these lies. The ACLU’s decision needs to also have repercussions for them. Only we will not be using the underhanded tactics of the likes of Letitia James and Andrew Cuomo. In this case, we will exercise our First Amendment rights. We will be writing letters to the editor of your local paper is one means to do so. We will contact our federal, local, and state elected officials as well, to point out the ACLU’s despicable smear.
Those who can see the truth about that and who will support our Second Amendment rights will be rewarded with our support. Those that don’t will have to be dealt with at the ballot box as soon as possible, whether they are at the federal, state, or local levels.
About Harold Hutchison
Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.
Racism has lost all meaning. Everything is labeled racist now. Why respond to the ACLU? To react gives them power. Just ignore their lies/accusations. Stop reacting to every Bs lie the left throws. Again, that gives them power and lets them direct your actions. Instead be proactive. Make them respond. Make them react. Put them in defense. We don’t need to defend the 2nd as not being racist. Stop falling for the traps of the Left!
The ACLU is as bad as the Southern Poverty Law Center or the CDC, they all need to go away, they cause more harm than good.
THEY ARE NOT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS!!!!! RKBA DOES NOT ORIGINATE IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT!!!!! RKBA is one of the inalienable rights mentioned by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. So it predates the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the various Federal, State, and local governments established under them and its existence is therefore independent of them all. So if the Second Amendment were repealed, if the entire United States Government disappeared, RKBA would still exist. So ruled SCOTUS in “US v Cruikshank” in 1876. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Cruikshank “The right there specified is that of “bearing arms for a lawful purpose.”… Read more »
The only thng the ACLU cares about is self preservation. They see the attack on the Second Amendment as a new fund raising cash cow. Against my better judgement and beliefs I once called them for help fighting a city ordnance regulating political signs, specifically Trump election signs of which I faced large fines if I did not remove them. From the ACLU I got little more than lip service and advice to remove the signs. In other words they would not help me. The ACLU are little more than Red Diaper Babies who live off of dollars earned by… Read more »
Civil liberties is the last thing the ACLU cares about . They are more interested in money , power and control . Just another alphabet soup agency with zero credibility. The ACLU has made thier socialist agenda perfectly clear and no longer represent freedom or liberties . ACLU = American communist lawyers United.
An interesting article on the topic:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/31/opinion/very-racist-history-gun-control/?utm_source=FFF+Daily&utm_campaign=2409c7bcf6-FFF+Daily+08-02-2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1139d80dff-2409c7bcf6-318011345
And the money quote is:
“In any case, the real racism associated with the Second Amendment isn’t in the rights of gun ownership that the Bill of Rights cemented into the Constitution’s text. It is in the long and shameful record of those rights being denied.”
Eliminate the ACLU, traitors to the American public. They continue to use small, minded tactics, with words such as racism, the small branches from the Tree Of Prejudice.
Anti-Constitutionalists=Anti-Americans=Enemies of The United States of America.
Call these people out for what they are, Nazi’s playing from the Nazi Playbook.
Re: “Suffice it to say that the ACLU’s lie is easily refuted” True. At the time the Bill of Rights was written and ratified by the states, the founders clearly stated and documented the purpose of the Second Amendment in the Preamble to the Bill of Rights (which is included in the Constitution) where it says “The convention of a number of states having at the time of their adopting of the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse, of its powers that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added”. There is no mention of… Read more »
You expect differently of the American Communist Lawyers Union.
The ACLU has a point.
Virtually every gun control law on the books now was implemented to keep black people from owning guns.
Laws against “Saturday night specials” – took away inexpensive guns that minorities could afford – in the name of ‘safety’ but with the reality that poor people were priced out of owning a gun.
The actual ACLU statement is not JUST that the 2nd Amendment is racist – which is not exactly what was said, but also that the implementation of the 2nd Amendment has been racist.