Of course some (many?) Freepers will disagree with me.Some might even call me bad names. That's OK...I've been called bad names before.
Revocation of constitutional rights should not be done nilly willy.
It should be a separate matter decided during sentencing with legal counsel.
Can’t agree with that.If you’ve been convicted of certain crimes...certain *types* of crimes...you’ve proven yourself to be a basically unreliable,untrustworthy,person and therefore shouldn’t be allowed to have firearms...or to vote. If you were,in fact,innocent of the crime you were convicted for (which surely *does* happen) appeal it and try to have the verdict overturned.
Of course some (many?) Freepers will disagree with me.Some might even call me bad names. That’s OK...I’ve been called bad names before.
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You might want to take a look at a book entitled “3 Felonies A Day”. Yep, chances are extremely high you have committed several this week but you just have not been caught yet. If you do not believe felony crimes have been “watered” down over the years, please, by all means, keep behaving accordingly.
A very long time ago, a felon was considered a very bad person. Now, a felon can be a normal Joe or Jane, but is caught up and convicted due to the extremely high number of “crimes” labeled as a felony.
By God, that is one way to take their guns, don’t ya think?
What a way to increase pay as a defense attorney or fame for a DA, as well. Just increase many crime levels to a felony and “woooooooh lah”, increase the payment needed for representation and the fame generated by “felony” convictions.
Oh I forgot, it is attornies in government who make the laws, right?
Or to drive next to me on the highway. Or to shop in Walmart while I'm there. Or to attend a county fair with normal human beings.
In other words, people "convicted of certain crimes" should be imprisoned for life ... which means the whole conversation about their constitutional rights should be irrelevant.
Show me where the 2A says that? It doesn't. Nor does it say anything about "Shall not be infringed...as long as you have a background check, or aren't mentally ill, or aren't...". Show me, please. If you can do that, I'll have a better chance at understanding your defective thinking on the subject.