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To: Finny

There are a LOT of formerly incarcertated people in the local slum areas I am GLAD have lost the right to own a firearm.

The constitution bans guns for felons, doesn’t it? (real question)

37 posted on 02/14/2014 9:49:23 AM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)

To: Mr. K

-- The constitution bans guns for felons, doesn't it? --

Ban on arms possession by felons is a relatively new feature of US law, 1938 Federal Firearms Act, replaced by the 1968 Gun Control Act. See Law Review Article advocating felon-prohibition in Vermont State law, and Gun Control Timeline

56 posted on 02/14/2014 3:28:09 PM PST by Cboldt

To: Mr. K

The constitution bans guns for felons, doesn’t it? (real question)

I don't know. Does it? (real question)

And if it does, what acts qualified as "felonies" when it was written, as compared to what qualifies as a "felony" today?

60 posted on 02/14/2014 6:52:57 PM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)

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