[schmelvin]

In the past the idea was you did a crime, paid for it, and were given another chance. If you are convicted today, you lose your right to defend yourself (or hunt) forever.

To me, it's just another little angle in the campaign to disarm all of us... One by one.

You don't even have to be a felon to lose your 2nd Amendment rights, in some states all you have to do is be indicted for a felony.

I've also heard of people losing their right to possess firearms, because they've had a restraining order filed against them. Nowadays in divorce cases, I've heard that wives are encouraged by their attorneys to file restraining orders against their husbands, even if they are perfectly innocent and decent men, because it makes the husbands look bad, allowing the wives to get better "deals" out of the divorce settlements. These innocent men could then lose their 2nd Amendment rights.

[GhostofWCooper]

Yep. In Ohio, if you are convicted of ANY OFFENSE with a potential penalty of one year in prison, you can't ever own a gun. If you have a restraining order, or are convicted of domestic violence, no gun. Many cops bit the dust on this one, here in the people's republic of ohio...