ACLU Makes Stand Against New California Gun Laws

By Tom Knighton

One of the biggest criticisms I’ve had with the ACLU is that they refuse to acknowledge that the right to keep and bear arms is a civil liberty. They routinely ignore Second Amendment concerns and have even come out against the Second Amendment in the recent past.

However, from time to time, they do stand up against gun control policies.

For example, they take issue with some of California’s new gun control laws.

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday signed into state law a bill that enables employers, co-workers and teachers to obtain gun violence restraining orders against owners of firearms that are a potential threat to them.

The legislation, which former Democratic governor Jerry Brown had vetoed twice, expands an existing red flag measure that allows only immediate family members and law enforcement officials to seek an order for a person’s gun to be temporarily removed if they are decided to be either a danger to themselves or others.

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Why does the ACLU oppose the bill?

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a nonprofit organization whose aim is “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the …Read the Rest

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