I may perhaps have a solution to your dilemma. Let's let everyone vote, but they get as many votes as the net taxes they pay. I rather doubt felons with a violent past would pay many taxes.
Or, more to the point, perhaps a probationary period following release for non-violent felons after which all their rights are restored.
I'm sure you understand why I raised the issue of voting felons. Gun rights or voting rights, let's be consistent.
I'm not sure why you mentioned flames.
The comment about flames was not to you in particular, but to any of the hotheaded freepers who sometimes seize upon a controversial issue and respond with ad hominem attacks. Sorry, I’ve seen it happen too often, and I just wished to avoid such attacks. I apologize if I offended you.
Your system makes perfect sense. I respond with my own political system. In my perfect system, we have two legislative houses, one elected by “one man one vote” the other elected by “one dollar one vote.” The “one man one vote” house is responsible for acts that affect everyone: criminal laws, and for the declaration of war. The “one dollar one vote” house has to approve the budget, but cannot create criminal laws or declare war. The President is still elected by an electoral college, preserving the republican nature of the government, and the bill of rights remains the same.