According to Las Vegas Now, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has declared its support for an individual’s right to bear arms, making it the first state affiliate to buck the national ACLU’s position on the Second Amendment.
Gary Peck, executive director of the ACLU of Nevada, said an individual’s right to bear arms is in the Nevada Constitution, reflecting the state’s “long, proud tradition of libertarian skepticism of government overreach.”
The national ACLU disagrees with the recent Supreme Court ruling (Heller v. DC) in which RLC member Dick Heller won his case before the High Court, and sees the Second Amendment as a collective right to own guns ratherthan an individual right.
“I’ll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands,”
declared the late actor and freedom fighter Charleton Heston.
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