So felons in jail need to have access to firearms too, because hey, it says right there, "Shall not be infringed."
Beware, some people think that the freedoms enumerated in the Constitution are infringable for felons. They even think they should have their right of movement restricted, sometimes even their life taken away. I'm not sure how defense lawyers have missed the whole Constitutional rights issue in allowing felons to have their rights so horribly infringed.
So then the government can instead charge us with petty crimes, brand us a felon. Bye bye rights. I’m glad you agree with that.
Only the heinous of criminals should be stripped of their rights. Once they have been stripped of their rights they really have no standing as an American citizen, and certainly shouldn’t be put up for years and years by the American tax payer.
I’m a firm believer that the prison system is a Ponzi scheme. You go to prison for a crime, a mistake, you knew better. You serve your time, and you cooperate and play by the rules. You get out, all your rights are stripped, you can’t get a job because you are an ex-con, even though you served your sentence. So you get desperate and turn back to drugs, and crime, and whatever else got you in trouble. BLAM YOU ARE BACK IN PRISON. Now, not ALL convicts are like this, some commit serious crimes when they are young, and keep doing it regardless of what happens to them. However there are felons that want nothing to do with Prison, people with drug charges who are clean, people with manslaughter convictions, accidental deaths, and other mistakes that every day eat at their minds. So these felons are remorseful, and want to live happy productive lives in society. Once they are released everywhere they turn they hit a brick wall, because the system is designed to put everyone back into the prison system.
It is a vicious cycle. Violent criminals, killers, rapists, etc. should certainly not be allowed to own weapons. However other felons should be allowed their rights. People that actually have a chance at turning their life around should not be stripped of their rights. How is that just?