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Court Finds Convicted Felons have Second Amendment Rights
AmmoLand ^ | May 14, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 05/16/2024 5:03:43 AM PDT by marktwain

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The Range case in the Fifth Circuit is similar to Rahimi, but with a sympathetic defendant. The Biden administration pushed Rahimi to the front of the line at the Supreme Court, because Rahimi is not as sympathetic a defendant.
1 posted on 05/16/2024 5:03:43 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Good
Then shoot em all.


2 posted on 05/16/2024 5:05:32 AM PDT by Singermom
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If they’ve done their time, their rights shall not infringed either.


3 posted on 05/16/2024 5:06:11 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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My attitude is
If they’re too dangerous to be armed,then they’re too dangerous to be loose on the streets.


4 posted on 05/16/2024 5:12:49 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Jonty30

Exactly.


5 posted on 05/16/2024 5:12:59 AM PDT by Fai Mao ( Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
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Anyone who is legally entitled to vote should have no constraints on firearms ownership.


6 posted on 05/16/2024 5:13:32 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: marktwain
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.

7 posted on 05/16/2024 5:13:57 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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If a felon has the right to be armed, then under what rationale can a non felon be charged for unlicensed carry or possession?

This decision could effectively shut down California gun laws if applied rationally (which is unlikely there).


8 posted on 05/16/2024 5:16:40 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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At least these judges believe in the 2nd Amendment. They should have a talk with Judge Abena Darkeh in this case: NYC Man Convicted Over Gunsmithing Hobby After Judge Says 2nd Amendment 'Doesn't Exist in This Courtroom'.
9 posted on 05/16/2024 5:18:54 AM PDT by ken in texas
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To: SauronOfMordor

Exactly. How much of the nanny state laws stem from having a special criminal class of people loose on the streets that are wards of the state?

Not to mention that at the time the Constitution was written, most of what comprises our criminal sentencing would have been considered cruel and unusual. Specifically locking someone up in terrible conditions for long periods of time.


10 posted on 05/16/2024 5:19:50 AM PDT by hopespringseternal
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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.

Then pass a constitutional amendment.
11 posted on 05/16/2024 5:20:53 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: hopespringseternal

Good.
A gun is a tool. period.

There should be no licenses.

There should be no waiting periods.

There should not be mandatory reported serial numbers.

There should not be rules about how, when or where a person can carry, posess one.

There should not rules about how to store them.

A person that misuses one, should be prosectued.

A person that stores a gun in such a way that a child or other can access should be prosecuted/ held liable.

It’s s a tool. Treat it like a hammer, knife, rock, weed whacker, etc.


12 posted on 05/16/2024 5:36:43 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: mmichaels1970

OK. Or,perhaps,wait and see what the last court to rule on the subject (SCOTUS?) says. And then the side that loses can attempt to amend the Constitution.


13 posted on 05/16/2024 5:39:40 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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Revocation of constitutional rights should not be done nilly willy.

It should be a separate matter decided during sentencing with legal counsel.


14 posted on 05/16/2024 5:43:09 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: Jonty30
If they’ve done their time, their rights shall not infringed either.

Key detail.

Otherwise, if prisoners can vote, they can have guns, too. /s

Agreed in principle, but I don't believe that regaining said rights should be 'automatic': A process is merited, and some will never be restored (e.g., repeat felons).

15 posted on 05/16/2024 5:46:21 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Jonty30

shall not be infringed.


16 posted on 05/16/2024 5:46:55 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Alberta's Child

Um...see my #15.


17 posted on 05/16/2024 5:47:12 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: marktwain

who else would need the protection of the second amendment than he who deals with such dangerous colleagues. if they are so dangerous, then keep them incarcerated.

shall not be infringed is just that.


18 posted on 05/16/2024 5:48:40 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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Rahimi isn’t about the gun rights of convicted non-violent felons. It is about the gun rights of people with domestic restraining orders whose gun rights were not specifically challenged in open court.


19 posted on 05/16/2024 5:57:43 AM PDT by nagant
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“after police saw him toss a handgun out of the window of a moving car”

Sounds like littering too.


20 posted on 05/16/2024 6:09:59 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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