Look at it this way- he’s vastly more likely to use it to kill another gang-banger.
If we just taught marksmanship in schools, we could let the gangsters shoot each other all day; as long as no one innocent is hurt who cares?
If this strengthens the legal interpretation of “shall not be infringed” then I’m ok with it.
9th circuit, the court that contributed the most to destroying citizen trust in the judiciary and willingness to obey court orders....may finally be seeing the light!?
So far we have rulings that illegal aliens have gun rights, felons have gun rights but law abiding citizens apparently do not according to a significant number of courts. I guess the answer is to cross the border into Mexico, change my name to something Hispanic, African or moslem, and illegally enter the United States so that as an illegal I can enjoy all the Constitutional rights I was supposed to have and enjoy free medical, food, housing and cash courtesy the taxpayer.
If he has served his time, I suppose that makes sense.
If person should have the opportunity to reenter normal society.
The Ninth Circuit court has had many cases over turned due to bad decisions this needs to be another.
I don’t have a problem with this................
Of course, felons need to defend themselves when they are committing felonies.
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We all have a God given right to defend yourself. This should never be a crime.
The Second Amendment was written to enshrine that right and prevent Government from encroaching on that right.
If someone is dangerous, They should be locked up or adequately officially supervised.
Free men (and women) have the right to self defense.
The right to bear arms is in our Bill of Rights as the right to vote is not.
This is likely a just and correct interpretation of the Constitution as written. I don’t have a problem with it.
Excellent, but too late for Sean Taylor.
Felon should not possess firearms while incarcerated. But allowed back into the general population, everyone of adult age should be able to protect one’s life with arms. They are not to be used while in the process of, or to perpetrate a crime; nor to threaten, the way I see it.
The RKBA is absolute. There are no exceptions.Felons will get and carry guns.That cannot be stopped. Proper laws criminalize certain uses of guns, such as commission of crimes with them.
I support this decision for 2 reasons:
1. To have ruled otherwise would have given the gun grabbing snakes a hole to slither in to seek through lawfare another frivolous gun law.
2. Someone on this thread said ...”felons will get a gun anyway”. That’s been proven beyond all doubt a million times.
Glad to see this. The idea that felons lose the right to own firearms never made any sense. It was a fig leaf for gun grabbers. The kind of people who would obey this law aren’t career criminals anyway. The ban is a solution looking for a problem.
Nope...can’t agree with that.
That’s the right call. If they can’t be trusted to be armed, they should be secured somewhere or dead, not running around loose.
For me, it depends on the felony. Nonviolent felons should not have their second amendment rights removed.
The Constitution applies to all citizens. Even those we may not like or trust.