Tuesday, April 09, 2013

ACLU has "serious concerns" over Reid gun-control bill

Even the American Civil Liberties Union is right once in a while.

From the Daily Caller:
As Senate Democrats struggle to build support for new gun control legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union now says it’s among those who have "serious concerns" about the bill.

Those concerns have the capacity to prove a major setback to Sen. Harry Reid's current gun bill, which includes language from earlier bills introduced by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Barbara Boxer.

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller, a top lobbyist for the ACLU announced that the group thinks Reid's current gun bill could threaten both privacy rights and civil liberties.

The inclusion of universal background checks — the poll-tested lynchpin of most Democratic proposals — "raises two significant concerns," the ACLU's Chris Calabrese told TheDC Wednesday.
Related post:

CBS poll: Support for gun control drops

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2 comments:

Tregonsee said...

If the ACLU is concerned, it must REALLY be bad.

And thanks to some earlier Marathon postings, I have seen Big Ernie in West Ishpeming, MI.

Marathon Pundit said...

Gotta love Big Ernie the gun!