The Great Gift the Founders Left for Us

 Today, there is more on the ACLU's efforts to claim that the Second Amendment was rooted in racism.  And, according to Harold Hutchison at Ammoland The Big Lie the ACLU Told Must Not Go Unanswered. Hutchison points out that the Founders wrote a lot about the Second Amendment, none of which mentions blacks or slaves. Slavery was simply not on their minds when discussing the Second Amendment, and these writings are easily verified. So, what is the ACLU trying to do?

Suffice it to say that the ACLU’s lie is easily refuted. But let’s think about what the ACLU was doing with this attack. They wanted to smear those who are defending the Second Amendment as defending the evils of slavery and racism. In essence, there was nothing about history in their post. It was about sticking a social stigma on those who defend the Second Amendment.

Meanwhile, over at the Daily Caller Larry Keane has a more biting takedown of the ACLU. He says that The ACLU Should End The Charade of Protecting American Civil Liberties. Ouch!

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) needs to change their name.  At this point, it’s false advertising.

The ACLU recently argued that, “anti-Blackness determined the inclusion of the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, and has informed the unequal and racist application of gun laws.” That’s plainly arguing that the Second Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights as a tool of racist control of slaves. The posting by communications intern Ines Santos was an introduction to a podcast that included opinions from several professors who wholeheartedly agree the Second Amendment is racist and is a tool to deny civil rights to African-Americans.

It’s clear the ACLU is a shadow of its former self. It’s not the bastion to protect God-given liberties, but to drive special interest agendas. The ACLU’s disdain for the Second Amendment as a foundational and individual right isn’t new, but it is an attempt to flip it on its head. The ACLU‘s argument that the Second Amendment is a tool of oppressors doesn’t just ignore history. It is rewriting cold, hard facts.

Keane points out that the real racists roots are to be found in the various gun control laws enacted both before the Civil War and especially after it.

Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, told The Daily Caller in his usually blunt fashion that claims the Second Amendment is racist is an attempt to, “brainwash black people into believing that having the means to defend themselves is nefarious. I think gun control is racist, not the Second Amendment.”

The Second Amendment was designed to give all Americans, men, women, white, black, or purple, the means to defend themselves against those who would try to take away their rights, whether foreign or domestic. The War of 1812 proved the Founders correct in their assessment. These men were inspired, and we should not throw away the great gift they have left to us.