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ACLU lawsuit gets widower his guns back (FL)
cleveland.com ^ | 21July, 2010 | LINDA TRISCHITTA

Posted on 07/22/2010 7:18:19 AM PDT by marktwain

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida -- With the slide of a drawer beneath a bullet-proof glass window at a police evidence warehouse, Robert Weinstein's Second Amendment right to possess firearms was vindicated on Wednesday.

"Thanks for keeping 'em safe for me," the 85-year-old Pompano Beach retiree told Yoli Brennan, evidence supervisor for the Broward Sheriff's Office.

She smiled at Weinstein as he placed his silver Colt semi-automatic .25-caliber pistol and heavy Wesson .357-caliber revolver in a brown paper bag.

Earlier Wednesday morning at the Broward County courthouse, Circuit Judge Dale Ross ruled in favor of Weinstein's petition by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida.

(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: aclu; banglist; fl; gun
Next, the ACLU will be protecting all rights to property...
1 posted on 07/22/2010 7:18:24 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

The “what” got the “what” back for “who?” I don’t believe it.


2 posted on 07/22/2010 7:21:17 AM PDT by KingLudd
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To: marktwain

There truly is a first for everything.


3 posted on 07/22/2010 7:26:33 AM PDT by FourPeas (God Save America)
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To: marktwain

When they take a case to fight on behalf of the “free exercise” first amendment rights of a Christian I’ll REALLY be impressed (and shocked).


4 posted on 07/22/2010 7:29:55 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: FourPeas

Pigs flew. Of course, later an ACLU lawyer beat the old man with a tire iron for owning guns in the first place. But its a start.


5 posted on 07/22/2010 7:31:10 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: stinkerpot65

Has hell frozen over? The ACLU supporting gun rights.


6 posted on 07/22/2010 7:49:49 AM PDT by Roklok
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To: Joe Brower; Travis McGee; Squantos; Jack Black; ATLDiver

Holy cow! I wouldn’t have expected this.

BTW, with the “recent activity” function of FR broken for the moment, I would suggest that it is important to make extra high use of ping lists.


7 posted on 07/22/2010 7:52:40 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: FourPeas
Well, you know what they say about a broken clock. The ACLU is a broken clock.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

8 posted on 07/22/2010 7:56:17 AM PDT by wku man (Claire Wolfe's clock is winding down...tick......tick..........tick...............tick..............)
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To: marktwain

“An ACLU spokesman said he believes this is the first time in the organization’s 90-year history it has helped a gun owner retrieve his weapons from law enforcement. “


9 posted on 07/22/2010 7:56:54 AM PDT by patton (Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
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To: marktwain


ACLU lawsuit gets widower his guns back (FL)

Although I can’t recall the details, I believe the ACLU intervened in
favor of ex-President Nixon (something like getting access/possession
to some of his papers).

But then when Nixon passed away, an ACLU office had a note on their
front door saying they’d be closed in observance of his passing.
IIRC, they said they’d be closed for one minute at noon.

ACLU are a bad bunch but like a broken clock, they are occassionly
screw up and do the right thing. I suspect that’s when the main staff
are on holiday and the interns run the show.


10 posted on 07/22/2010 8:31:17 AM PDT by VOA
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To: patton

Question is, why is it the first time in 90 years? Either they believe in a person’s Constitutional rights or they don’t.


11 posted on 07/22/2010 8:52:02 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: marktwain

The ACLU on the right side for a change.

Weird.


12 posted on 07/22/2010 8:53:33 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: marktwain

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.


13 posted on 07/22/2010 8:55:08 AM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: ops33
Question is, why is it the first time in 90 years? Either they believe in a person’s Constitutional rights or they don’t.

They're rather selective – They believe in some Constitutional rights for some people.

14 posted on 07/22/2010 9:07:35 AM PDT by Bob
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To: ops33

You expect me to answer that???

Anyway, the jaded me believes that they probably hope the old guy will either off himself or go postal, thus establishing a need to restrain 2A rights...


15 posted on 07/22/2010 10:58:04 AM PDT by patton (Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
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