I disagree. By saying no voting rights we are not allowing someone to participate in how they are to be governed. I say they are equal.
If you buy a gun then you are supposed to register it. Registering a gun as a felon earns you a trip back to the slam. Now, I could see making that part of a sentence for violent crime vs white collar.
And by saying no gun rights you can't defend your property, your dignity, and your life. Your one vote, by contrast, isn't likely to have much of an impact on your life.
If you buy a gun then you are supposed to register it.
And that indeed is the problem. It's none of the government's damn business who's armed and who isn't. It should assume that everyone is, and act accordingly.
The Supreme Court has ruled that requiring a convicted felon to comply with gun registration laws is unconstitutional because it violates rights which prohibit involuntary self incrimination. The crook CAN be charged with unlawful possesion, but is immune from the requirement to register. That tells me that gun registration laws are not aimed at the criminal, but the LAW-ABIDING!!!!!