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DoNotRefill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 09:25 PM
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17. The operative words being "primarily" and "mainly"....
If it's such an absolutely collective right, then why the "weasel words"?

If it's "primarily" a collective right, doesn't that mean that the ACLU's position is that there's at least SOME individual right expressed by the Second Amendment? Or is there a third option that we're missing?

Could it be that the Second Amendment is such a hot issue that even the ACLU doesn't want to touch it? And if there's no debate about it, then why has the ACLU board found it necessary to discuss it so many times amongst themselves? Their position sounds like a compromise within the board, in an effort to keep peace amongst the board members.
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