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To: Chancellor Palpatine
Where is it written that an ex-convict loses his constitutional rights?
9 posted on 04/30/2003 5:56:07 AM PDT by sparkomatic (I wish I were gullible; then I'd be like everyone else)
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To: sparkomatic
Where is it written that an ex-convict loses his constitutional rights?

In many places. Those rights innure to us as long as we follow a set of civil codes, called laws. Break them, and you lose rights reserved for the lawful.

22 posted on 04/30/2003 6:06:07 AM PDT by MindBender26 (For more news as it happens, stay tuned to your local FReeper station.........)
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To: sparkomatic
Where is it written that an ex-convict loses his constitutional rights?

Right where it says that he can't vote, either. Also, more generally, the emphasis on "in his own property" is a faulty argument. If the government can regulate what two consenting adults can do in their bedroom, then surely the government can regulate what an adult can shoot at in his backyard, right?

28 posted on 04/30/2003 6:11:07 AM PDT by modern_orthodox
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To: sparkomatic
Felons can't vote, either.
31 posted on 04/30/2003 6:12:59 AM PDT by Gefreiter
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To: sparkomatic
Where is it written that an ex-convict loses his constitutional rights?

Right here:

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

He received due process. Therefore, it is Constitutional to forbid him from owning a gun, and to jail him if he takes possession of one.

And this guy should have known this. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

OTOH, I could see the Executive authority of this state giving this guy a pardon at some point. While what he did was stupid and against the law, the act he was engaged in was otherwise lawful (I'm presuming here that he wasn't in violation of any other laws) and he hurt no one but himself.

39 posted on 04/30/2003 6:20:44 AM PDT by RonF
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To: sparkomatic
Is the actual punishment of physically being in prison the only way the government can deprive convicts of their rights?

Isn't this just like a probation sentence?

252 posted on 04/30/2003 1:33:16 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: sparkomatic
As far as I know is that when you are a convicted felon you do lost your second amendment rights.
276 posted on 04/30/2003 3:52:25 PM PDT by mlmr
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