Felons and the Right To Bear Arms:

[fightingquaker13]

I thought Sarah Palin was your least favorite human. 


Just giving you some crap, FQ.

Its a close race, but Bennet knows what he's doing. For the most part its an honest difference of opinion. He is a conservative Catholic in the Thomistic/Arisotelian pre-Vatican II mold and feels it is the states job to impose a moral order guided by religion and the individuals duty to obey. He is an unapologetic authoriarian. I'm a libertarian, never the twain shall meet. What irks me about it is his hypocrisy. While he was drug czar and slashing fundsfor treatment to hire more cops he was a recovering 2 pack a day nicotine addict whose office was reffered to as "the bird cage" because of the seasame seed shells he would spit. This is a man who would ofer moral condemnation of drug addicts (not drugs, the addicts themselves) while chewing nicoret gum, even as he cut methadone programs. Bennet is smart enough to know better. He just ddn't care.
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[TAB]

There should be a way for EX cons to restore full rights of citizenship--voting and gun ownership included. 

If they can't be trusted in society with a gun (or a knife or a car or...) they SHOULDN'T BE IN SOCIETY!!!

thats great, but who determins that? 

[fightingquaker13]

thats great, but who determins that? 

A judge. Basically, you enter a petition, baked up by employment history, character references, proof you've been law aiding etc., and they make a ruling.
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[tombogan03884]

thats great, but who determins that? 

If you are honestly dumb enough to ask that question you will believe me when I tell you the tooth Fairy got a second job dropping off the paperwork under their pillows. And it pays better than the tooth gig does to.

[TAB]

If you are honestly dumb enough to ask that question you will believe me when I tell you the tooth Fairy got a second job dropping off the paperwork under their pillows. And it pays better than the tooth gig does to.

you completly missed the point.

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[mudman]

I am under a am nasty agreement not to COMMENT.

[twyacht]

Should be based on just a few things, as convicted felons "legally" cannot vote either. Criteria "could" be set IF some guidelines apply.

1. NON VIOLENT OFFENSE
2. TIME SERVED
3. WHAT HAS SAID PERSON DONE SINCE #2?
4. EXTENSIVE CHARACTER REFERENCES AND JOB HISTORY

If I stole a car, and took it for a joyride because I was a stupid 19 year old, was convicted of "Grand Theft Auto", served my time, got out, GREW UP, have had NO other infractions of the law, now that I'm forty, I should be denied possession of a firearm?

I can see issuance of a CCW, but a blanket prohibition should be looked at case by case...

IMHO.