Posted on 04/04/2010 11:37:47 PM PDT by ConservativeJen
Umm, this sort of thing used to be taken care of by a constitutional Amendment. Otherwise, the Feds don’t have that power.
Oh, wait, who pays attention to that silly old thing these days???
Yeah, I'm sure the Democrats and their RINO fellow travelers will really listen to us peons...
So when convicted felons have served their sentence they will be able to defend themselves with a gun too, right?
From the article: “The left wing groups ‘Human Rights Watch’ and ‘The Sentencing Project’ argue that since black men are more likely to commit felonies, laws that disenfranchise felons have a very disproportionate racial effect.”
These groups say that committing felonies is caused by race? Where is the outrage by, for example, the Black Congressional Caucus, or the NAACP. I am a white guy, but I feel confident that there is nothing inherent in one’s race that causes one to commit crime. Do these groups not even think a little about what they are saying?
If you still needed evidence of the FACT that communist democrats are working to destroy this country, then this ought to settle it for you.
A felon can cancel my vote?! My wife’s vote?!
I would ask if they are trying to start a civil war, but I know that any chaos will do for these rotten bastards!
Disgusting, un-American, anti-American, treasonous communists!
Domestic enemies—as good as they get.
If you still needed evidence of the FACT that communist democrats are working to destroy this country, then this ought to settle it for you.
A felon can cancel my vote?! My wife’s vote?!
I would ask if they are trying to start a civil war, but I know that any chaos will do for these rotten bastards!
Disgusting, un-American, anti-American, treasonous communists!
Domestic enemies—as good as they get.
“Dems need felons to vote for them now “
That’s because the majority of the Dumb’s are themselves
felons. Amen.
I’ll make ‘em a bargain: Lose the Gun Control Act of 1968, and we can talk about felons voting.
It must be something to vote as a democrat today.
Yes. The plan is to win with the votes of illegals and felons. Nice system, huh?
We need to entirely rebrand them.
Wonder if they’ll also demand that they restore their second amendment rights as well? Brazen isn’t the word. These rats could care less what America thinks. They’re concerned with but two things: power and control, by any means necessary.
What the comieRATS are trying to pull off here is different. We'd have Voting Booths in every State & Fed Prison.
I don't mention County Jails as most 'inmates' there are awaiting trial and haven't been convicted of anything, 'yet'. Except for places like the Cook County Jail and out in LA or Rikers in NYC. (Its a mathematical given those people aren't newbies to Felony crime.)
Alcee Hastings was impeached and removed for crimes committed while a federal judge, but he was acquitted in his criminal trial. So, technically, he’s not a felon, and was able to vote for himself for Congress.
the unconvicted felons are already voting...in Congress
‘Felony’ is just too arbitrary a term today to justify taking away someone’s rights. In places like New York and Chicago, the term ‘felony self-defense’ isn’t much of an exaggeration.
Stick an amendment on that bill stating that their second amendment rights to own firearms are also fully restored.
Felons = the Democrat Party BASE
I have to agree with you on this, If a person is trusted to return to society from prison, then ALL his rights should be restored. And I’m not a convicted felon.
Democrats could be fooled, (they aren’t very bright,usually)as there is no guarantee that said felons will vote dem.If a convict is released into society,and gets a job, and starts becoming a responsible citizen and sees his paycheck being heisted to fund entitlements that are totally irrevelant to his well-being, and becomes familiar with the issues, he may just vote conservative.
My opinions?
1. If people are released into society, restore thier rights. If it is felt that you can’t, then quite obviously, they haven’t been locked up long enough.
2.Stop most background checks. Background checks should be reserved only for certain jobs. If a person who is released from prison can’t go to work, his chances are FAR greater of repeat offence.I work in the oilfield in Texas, and I see background checks used that disqualify otherwise perfectly suitable employees in jobs that the check is really pretty irrelevant.
3.Restore firearm rights. All the gun laws have ever done is make stupid people feel good about themselves. Anyone walking the streets as a free person should be able to own personal firearms. There is no evidence to convince me that a person who wanted to commit a crime couldn’t get a weapon due to gun laws. If I was a convict, and I wanted a firearm, I could probably have one in ten minutes, provided I had money. Nation Instant Check is more BS to increase govt. and provide non-productive govt.jobs to suck up taxpayers money.
4. Child molesters are an exception. I am not sure they can ever be totally trusted in society, so trying to keep tabs on their whereabouts might be a good idea. Or maybe never release them?
5 IMHO.
People just like us sit on the juries to decide how long that sentence should be, and after it is served and that person is released, the answer to that question is Yes.
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