So you are saying the former felon should have their 2A rights as well?
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Yes.
I know it is shocking but think about it.
The ones that come out unreformed are going to arm themselves anyway. So the only people who are hurt by this are those who come out and want to go straight. They are precluded from having the tools to defend themselves from the ones who are unreformed.
And it used to be the way we did it until comparatively recently. 1960s I think. You got out of prison, you got your weapons back.
And while people think "felon" and think some tatted up gang banger, your average felon is more likely to be someone who committed a nonviolent crime. Felony has been expanded to include moving a certain kind of bird out of your back yard.
It has gotten a bit out of hand.
Depends upon what the crime was