[SampleMan]

Actually, not only should felons (not currently serving a sentence) not have their right to own guns taken from them,...

That is part of their sentence, a type of parole. It is fully within the purview of a state legislature to decide the punishment for crimes within the state. If they decide that lifetime conditions be placed on convicted felons, that is perfectly within the confines of the U.S. Constitution. It is the responsibility of the citizens of that state to elect legislators that will pass reasonable restrictions.

I don't follow that serving a prison term squares everything and that the criminal gets a reset to zero. Being locked away so that you can't harm innocents IS NOT the repayment of a debt. I think that a violent rapist should never again be treated as a full citizen in good standing, and I will vote for legislators that agree with me.

[Quickgun]

I agree that the extremely violent should have their rights curtailed after they leave prison, but not most other prisoners. The only thing that does is help insure that they will return to prison. They are turned away from lots of jobs, unnecessarily,and as far as being able to obtain a weapon if they want one,they will get it anyway. Gun laws of any kind are the stupidest thing legislators have ever come up with.

[Dead Corpse]

Your violent rapists and other high recidivism types should be executed or incarcerated for life.

Everyone else should have their Rights restored after serving their time.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I don’t follow that serving a prison term squares everything and that the criminal gets a reset to zero.

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I think the point is that if a convict can’t be trusted with firearms, he shouldn’t be released to a society where he will get them. But if he is released, he should have the right to defend his like like any human being.

[JDW11235]

I forgive your ignorance. I’m sure you’re clueless to the fact that you, on average, commit 3 Federal felonies per day, let alone those committed on the state level. You just don’t care about the GOD given rights of others because you are willing to wear your chains with pride. You can have your right to keep and bear arms stolen from you for things as simple as saying that beef isn’t good for you (a veggie libel law in Colorado, a felony, to arguing in front of a child, a misdemeanor in several states which invokes the Lautenberg amendment). You have no clue the number of laws you can violate, there are tens of thousands in the Federal Criminal code alone. No wonder the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the ignorant are the ones laying the pavement.