How the ACLU Started Defending the Second Amendment

The article frames the ACLU's shift as a notable organizational evolution without dismissing either prior or current positions. Reason's libertarian editorial stance is evident in the approving tone toward ACLU's embrace of Second Amendment defense, but the framing avoids inflammatory language. The piece centers the ACLU's institutional perspective while implicitly validating constitutional individualism, a position aligned with Reason's editorial orientation but presented as documentary rather than polemical.

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• This article does not address the specific legal arguments or constitutional interpretation underpinning the ACLU's historical position or its evolution
• This article does not provide detailed context on which ACLU cases or Supreme Court filings prompted this characterization
• This article does not center perspectives from gun control advocates or organizations opposing expanded Second Amendment protections