Felons shouldn’t be debarred the right to keep and bear arms. If you have “paid your debt to society” through incarceration, fines, community service, etc. then your rights should not be infringed on.
I would tend to agree with you except for violent offenders.
I haven’t been able to find much about this guy’s prior conviction or charges tho.
I think it depends on the type of felony crime committed.
I believe if the felon used guns in the committing of the felony, and killed people during the felony, they should never have guns again.
If they used weapons in the felony but didn’t kill anyone, I believe there should be a time period they have to keep their noses clean and be cleared by a review panel before being able to have guns again.
If the felony was a non-violent felony and they didn’t just hire others to use guns and kill people (ie white collar crime, tax evasion etc, certain drunk driving crimes) then I don’t think they should lose the ability to have a gun.
I also do not agree ever that misdemeanor crimes should ever forfeit gun rights. Never.
I am telling you I am a guy for punishment fitting the crime. If you commit a crime with deadly weapons you have proven you cannot be trusted with those weapons in the future, society would be stupid and negligent to allow those people to ever be armed again. If you commit crimes that are non-violent and don’t have any weapons involved, it’s wrong to take those rights away, the punishment doesn’t fit the crime.