[wcbtinman]

"I know the Constitution is for all of us..."

You sure don"t sound like it. There is no gray area in the 2nd amendment. Like it or not, once a felon has paid his debt to society by serving his sentence and making whatever restitution is required by his sentence, then his rights should be restored...all of them.

I don't disagree with you philosophically, but if we don't uphold all of our rights, to the letter, it will lead to the kinds of "living document" interpretation that has gotten us into this mess in the first place.

[Anotherpundit]

The rationale is that lifetime suspension of firearms rights is part of the required payment of debt to society. I think this would be justified if all "felonies' were actually serious crimes. But you can get a felony conviction these days for doing the wrong kind of jaywalking.

[sneakypete]

I don't disagree with you philosophically, but if we don't uphold all of our rights, to the letter, it will lead to the kinds of "living document" interpretation that has gotten us into this mess in the first place.

You're right. The truth is it's not even about guns or gun rights. It's about the rights of individuals,period. NO government has the moral or legal right to deny someone the basic human right of self-defense. Is a former felon's family less worthy of being protected than your family? Is his life any less valuable to him than yours is to you?