These men were, for the most part, convicted of nonviolent felonies and they have paid their debts to society, yet they are denied one of the most basic rights guaranteed by both the U.S. and North Carolina Constitutions.
Does selling pot in college really warrant a life sentence as a second-class citizen?
The problem is that you don’t know what crimes a felon has committed. All you know is that they’ve committed some.
The same guys who commit burglaries are the ones who commit murder and rape.
I’m a drunk driving felon. You never know when I might go on a shooting spree.
The one who shot and killed his girlfriend doesn’t deserve to have his gun rights reinstated.
No. But a guy blowing away his girlfriend might be a different story.
I wonder how angelic has been Easley over the course of his life.
Sorry, guys. No story here.
If you rights have been restored to be able to vote, you should be able to use a firearm. Maybe then Democrats would not be so quick to insist on voting rights for ex-felons.
On another note and certainly for the majority of Americans; there but for the Grace of God go we......Americans might be surprised at what constitutes a felony.
Perhaps prosecutors are interpreting it that way. If so, it needs to be challenged. In U.S. v Lopez, the supremes held that mere possession was not interstate commerce, so the U.S. had no jurisdiction.
It would be nice if all the court had integrity, instead of only half.
This isn’t an honest story. For some reason, the reporter doesn’t specify what the guy was actually charged with. He said he was “arrested” for marijuana possession. If I’m not mistaken, there are different levels of “possession”. Ie: “under an ounce”, “one ounce to 2 ounces”, “one big giant garbage bag full of dope pre-bagged in carefully measured lids ready for resale to small children”.
So, it would seem from this article that if you ever are convicted of a felony, the rest of your life the 2nd amendment does not cover you.
Do ex-felons get their other rights (1st, 4th, 5th amendments, etc.) taken away from them the rest of their life? No, of course not. Taking away 2nd amendment rights should not be AUTOMATIC with ALL types of felonies.
The implications of this are frightening. For example, what happens when hate crimes as a felony morphs (someday) into hate speech as a felony?
No bow season in NC?
drug laws are stupid.....we need to end the war on drugs, or re-think the way it is fought.....
And, I'd say, that nothing is stopping this guy from going hunting with whoever he wants....he just can't carry a gun.
Some of my best memories are sitting in a deer stand, or walking up a few woodcock with my uncle, just chewing the fat. More often than not, we didn't see a thing, but had a great time. And, what's more important, he passed on all of the family stories, knowledge, etc, to a very interested teenage boy.
My father in law is a felon and a gun owner. Of course he’s with his wife on private land when they hunt.
The bigger picture is that with governor’s right to grant clemency comes the responsibility to consider it.
Huck used it too much and has been attacked.
Mitt NEVER issued a pardon presumably because he didn’want a Willy Horton possibility.
This Gov. only pardoned people who didn’t need it.
After what has been done to Huck over the issue, you can expect fewer and fewer pardons to be given by anyone interested in higher office.
By the way, even a misdemeanor DUI will keep you out of Canada for life.