"We are mindful of the serious concerns articulated about convicted felons regaining the right to possess firearms, and of the need for congressional review and enhancement of the safeguards and procedures for appropriately accomplishing this apparently worthy goal,"
Sinskpur you state:
"Felons shouldn't have guns. Period."
Amendment II states:
"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, SHALL NOT be infringed."
What part of "shall not" is not understood?
In addition, no where in Art I, Sec 8, Powers of Congress, is there a reference to felons losing their right to keep and bear arms or for that matter any right.
Felons retain the right enumerated in Amendment VIII:
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
It is disingenuous, absurd, and illogical that a portion of the Bill of Rights is suspended by Congress, which has no explicit power to do so, one enumerated right while another enumerated right can never be suspended by Congress.
There is absolutely no reference to "compelling state interest" stated in the Constitution for the Congress to invoke to constiutionally suspend rights.
This is congressional and judicial corruption at its worst.
Amendment XIV
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
If you're a felon, you're rights can and should be abridged. At what level is case dependent.