So... until they say we can all build bombs in our garage and mount M-60's in the beds of our pick-ups, you're not going to be satisfied. How to you feel about convicted felons owning firearms? For your interpretation to stand, you have to agree with everything in this paragraph - otherwise the 2d Amendment is "conditional" and not absolute.
Don't get me wrong though. I agree with the "theory" but as a practical matter, I'm not sure I want my neighbor practicing applied nuclear physics in his basement.
Lastly, whether you think what they said meant anything or not, tell me which administration in the last 50, 60 or 70 years which has even bothered to reinforce the 2d Amendment at all, however weakly.
If this felon has been deemed "rehabilitated" and released from prison, then yes! If you don't think the rehabilitation "took", then keep him in prison.
The Founding Fathers believed that the Nation to be built on the shoulders of good and trustworthy people, and that the felonous sorts were in the strict minority. To have the views you hold, you must believe that you are surrounded by knaves who are ready to pounce on you. I prefer to regard my fellow citizens as the Founders regarded thier own peers.