That is an excellent question...We are in a society bound by laws in order to make it a safe place to raise children and pursue happiness...bearing in mind that I have reservations about evidentiary issues and extenuating circumstances in felony sentencing and Exile Guidelines since I'm speaking off the cuff, I say that a convicted violent felon is held to a higher standard of public responsibility for the rest of his days for having violated another person with violence...
Mike Tyson is VIOLENT...Even on Camera this RAPIST Drew blood from an opponent with his teeth...Would YOU give him a gun??? EVER? As a CCW holder, I am legally bound to leave a scene of violence...an unarmed person can throw a punch in self-defence, but I will be charged if I draw a gun if I'm only verbally threatened...This scenario happened to me in my beloved Seattle, just last week, Two gangster wannabes tried to get me to take them both on...I knew my responsibilities...allowed them to call me every profanity under the books, HATE CRIME, and Waited to see if they were going to assault me...Apparently I look bigger when seen up close since when I leaned in to the leader and quietly said..."Don't HURT yourself, son." He forgot why he had run across the street with his little yappy Homes to intimidate me...and I turned and continued on my way...The system limps along...nuff said...I ALWAYS forget to mention to these rodents in person..."You must like to have sex with other men to wanna be such a Gansta...B!TCH" As I got home I went "DOH!!!" Alls well that ends well, I guess.
It's a really tough issue, that's for sure. Put another way, is a convicted felon any less entitled to their first amendment rights - and if so - what differentiates the 1st from the 2nd Amendment? I don't have the answers, but I think they're valid questions.