[Dead Corpse]

I can see a check if you are accused of a crime. It would be evidence gathering.

However, I'm one of those nutcases that believes that once your debt to society is paid, your Rights should be restored. If you are not "safe" to be back on the streets, then why are they letting you out of prison? Also, with a properly armed populace.. a criminals life expectancy drops remarkably. Victims are much more accurate at shooting real criminals than even the police are. Not just in teh sense of hitting their intended target, but actually shooting the correct "Bad" guy.

[SgtofMarines]

I'm one of those nutcases that believes that once your debt to society is paid, your Rights should be restored. If you are not "safe" to be back on the streets, then why are they letting you out of prison?

I've debated that point with myself. In an ideal situation, I agree with that principle entirely. In today's society, however, I view the policy of Rights removal as part of one's debt to society. It doesn't necessarily have to end when confinement does.

Okay, now I've really got to go! Tak it easy...

[demosthenes the elder]

I do agree with that, on principle.
Of course, our "correctional departments" are an obscene joke, so I have a few reality-based reservations.