That was the logic behind hanging horse thieves. The regular and judicious use of the contraption shown below transformed Ft. Smith from a lawless frontier town into a nice town of church goers in less than a generation:
Posted on 09/16/2013 6:10:01 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul told community leaders in West Louisville on Monday that he will be stepping his call for federal reforms to criminal sentencing and pledging to support a state effort to restore felon voting rights.
Paul has been talking about the concept of reforms to mandatory minimums for several months, saying someone should not have to lose their rights for life for a youthful mistake.
But while appearing at a town-hall-like event at the Plymouth Community Renewal Center in West Louisville, Paul added a new layer to his argument saying that felon voting rights should be restored.
“As part of that, I’m also going to be introducing something to restore voting rights for people who were convicted of felonies but have not been convicted again for 5 years,” Paul said.
However, Kentucky would need to have it’s own voting restoration legislation, something that some lawmakers, led by Louisville and Lexington House and Senate Democrats, have tried unsuccessfully to pass in previous sessions
Paul said he’s going to do what it takes to speak to state Senate Republican leaders.
Paul also talked with west Louisville residents about tax problems including tax liens and economic freedom zones in which taxes would be lowered to try to encourage business in the area.
(With video by Nick Storm)
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Perhaps he could mess with the pot hole issues and felon privileges some other time, like after the coming collapse on October 1st. Just my two cents.
Depends on the crime and depends on the felon’s record of conduct while incarcerated and/or on parole.
In general, I think giving a non-violent felon no prospect for a job and no change to gain full citizenship rights again is a bad idea.
change = chance
Rand, ol' buddy...
This is what the DEMS are saying.
Sheesh!
Oh, and adios. Ya once nearly had me, but now ya totally lost me.
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If Rand read up on voter fraud, he’d realize he’s wasting his time, as felon voting is already de facto, at least in Democrat precincts....
In Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and California there are a lot of places where if you steal a fellow’s car, you have given them a death sentence.
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In the old west, stealing horses would get you hanged. Not too many horse thieves back then.
That was the logic behind hanging horse thieves. The regular and judicious use of the contraption shown below transformed Ft. Smith from a lawless frontier town into a nice town of church goers in less than a generation:
Yep.
“If you served your time then you should be able to vote and buy a gun.”
Some crimes are serving notice to productive citizens that you have no role in a civilized society; I’d rather they did neither.
Restoring voting rights to felons is Criminal Rights....and a no go for me.
Liberals want the felons votes
Exactly. This is serious stuff and some among us want to act like this is the 50’s and these people were caught throwing rocks through their school windows.
Not a single one of those things could be remotely termed a “youthful mistake” save in the most extreme and rare exceptions. And with vote-equality having reached its catastrophic conclusion, I think some re-examination of just WHO has the ‘right’ to decide the future of the most powerful nation on the planet is d@mn well in order.
What about Governor Walker’s Wisconsin?? Gets colder than can be there. What about Merle Haggard? That is what he was sent to prison for.
If you cut a shotgun barrel, or if you don’t, be sure to document it.
The government had people who will take an 18 inch barrel down to 15 inches, and then claim that you sold it to them that way.
Just like they have police officers who will find drugs in your car, after they put them there.
Too darned many things are illegal, and police are pushed to get their quota of convictions. Some are not ethical enough to resist the pressure.
The new push to equate “felon” with race.
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