TTAG’s Johannes Paulsen: Why I’m Quitting the ACLU

By Johannes Paulsen

The American Civil Liberties Union has made it clear in the past that it’s a fair-weather friend to the Second Amendment. Only it’s always cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms outside of their New York City headquarters. So I was far from surprised when I saw the following by Reason‘s Robby Soave . . .

The American Civil Liberties Union apparently hates guns more than it hates arbitrary government-enforced discrimination. Even though the ACLU opposes the no-fly list—and is suing the federal government for violating the due process rights of several people on it—the civil liberties advocacy group is theoretically okay with depriving people on the list of their gun rights.

A spokesperson for the ACLU told Buzzfeed News that the organization had no formal position on legislation, supported by the Obama administration, which would deny the right to purchase firearms to people on the no-fly list….

Shame on the ACLU for compromising its position in order to punish people for exercising rights it doesn’t like, and not for the first time.

Indeed, Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU National Security Project, posted an article this Monday on the subject. She pretty …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns