Sounds like it applys to convicted felons. I don't have a problem with that. I don't want them voting either. Does this make me a Yankee gun grabber?
Flame away.
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Fine with me too. The framers of the 2nd Amendment did not envision it as giving convicted felons an unfettered right to keep and bear arms. Conviction of a crime is understood to subject the convict to punishment which involves loss of some or all of the Constitutional rights ordinarily possessed by citizens. As long as there is due process for each individual who is subjected to such punishment, there is no conflict with the Constitution. Law-abiding citizens, acting through their government and courts, have a right to rid their communities of free-roaming armed drug-dealing gangs.
Sounds pretty gun-grabby to me.
Riley's proposal
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley is proposing a number of changes to state laws, including:
--Mandatory sentences for illegal firearm possession, with a five-year minimum prison term for a second offense.
--Prohibiting those convicted of dealing drugs, or any crime carrying a punishment of one year or more in jail, from possessing firearms.
--Mandatory sentences for carrying a gun while younger than 21, with a five-year minimum prison term for a second offense.
--Possession of a firearm during a drug offense, other than simple possession, would itself be an offense, with a mandatory five-year sentence.
--Allow probation officers to conduct warrantless searches.
--Increase the punishment for assault and battery with intent to kill to a mandatory minimum term of 10 years. There is currently no mandatory minimum.
--All offenders would have to serve at least 85 percent of their sentence. Currently, the 85 percent rule does not apply to all offenses.
Thing about the way the clintonistas defined assault weapon.
All they need to do is invent the phrase "crime gun" is anything which shoots a bullet and instantly all those with guns are criminals subject to mandatory sentences.
Defend yourself and MERE POSESSION in the eyes of some (and most are based repeated court experiences) incompetent prosecutor and second amendment is defacto gone.
You and I read the same article, I'm not sure what the other fellow read. Keeping guns out of the hands of criminals seems to be the theme here.