El Gato said: "I think the law needs to be changed to provide for automatic restoration of one's rights, all of them, after the time has been served. "
I agree completely. If a person is not locked up, then they should be free. Creating a large and growing group of second-class citizens is a dangerous practice.
If a person cannot be trusted to refrain from crime despite having a gun, then they should be locked up.
Following your suggestion would allow us to completely eliminate the FFL system, which system is unConstitutional and unhealthy for our freedoms.
"Creating a large and growing group of second-class citizens is a dangerous practice."
Sounds kind of like what the RATs did after the Civil War using gun laws and the KKK to intimidate blacks into not voting, etc? What is happening now is a repeat, with approximately a quarter of all black males being disenfranchised. Most ARE in fact guilty of drug use and/or posession or related crimes. Prohibition works as intended. /sarcasm