Well, what you say is true, but by current law a convicted felon is prohibited from even touching a firearm, so by carrying, you would be "using the gun in a crime [which] should carry severe jail time" ;)
Mind you, if the Miller case was about the sawed off shotgun not being a militia weapon, then the AWB is doubly unconstitutional - but there hangs a tale for another day...
with government falling just shy of making breathing a crime, one needs to evaluate who sets standards and the constitution seems to be the last place judges look these days... with the opinion polls of major urban areas and european courts being first and second.
i am for stricter penalties for committing crimes, but having one's rights eliminated forever is severe and unconstitutional... if one is allowed "out" then restoration is due... my humblest of opinions...
and yes i concur the awb was doubly unconstitutional...
teeman