[MineralMan]

"I'm sorry but championing a cause for a felon with a firearm only gives ammunition to the gun grabbers.

Felons should never be allowed to possess firearms as long as their felony record is still standing.

I support the right to bear arms, but only for the lawful citizenry.
"

Bingo! Felons should not possess firearms, unless there is a procedure that allows the restoration of their rights. That's just my opinion, but it's also the law.

[dirtboy]

Felons should not possess firearms, unless there is a procedure that allows the restoration of their rights. That's just my opinion, but it's also the law.

Here's the problem I have - where does the federal government get the authority to deprive someone of the 2nd Amendment Rights for a STATE level felony conviction just by passing a law and not providing anything resembling due process of their own? You may agree with the end result, but don't you think there is something wrong with the process? BTW, the feds have starting creeping down into the misdemeanor column with their bans of gun ownership - for misdemeanor domestic violence convictions.

[Teacher317]

Read post 122. The system for a perpetual and unConstitutionally unappealable process for denying any hope of restoration is already in place. Restoration of your 2A rights goes through the BATF, and the BATF is no longer funded to do so. Therefore, your request gets received, but never gets a fair hearing. SCOTUS has refused to hear the appeal, so the Appellate Court's decision, that this eternal limbo is proper yet also unappealable since no decision has yet been given by the BATF, is now their avenue. Make every right subject to revocation, block the attempts to restore the right by defunding the overseeing agency, and the judiciary will close their eyes and say that you've been given a fair shake because you haven't been refused yet. Nice, isn't it?