Hmm, I’m not sure I agree. A gun can only take your life.
Yeah, I don’t agree with it in the case of felons, either. Just because you’re a hated group in this country does not mean you should be forced to give up your rights. That includes pedophiles, the mentally ill, children, immigrants, etc. Let’s just treat people with respect, like Mom said.
Sure. I can deal with felons and pedophiles voting, but I’d rather that they don’t own guns.
In the case of non-violent offenders, why? Is it just payback? What was their prison sentence for, then?
The sentence was for rehabilitation, the gun denying is just for payback. It’s clearly more onerous than society just not hiring these people or getting good places to live. None of that stuff matters if you have a gun!
But seriously, you made no distinction between violent or non violent in saying felons should be able to own guns. Why? Is allowing violent offenders the ability to use the cutting edge in killing hardware a good idea?
Of course, between the two extremes is to ban them for violent offenders and anyone using a gun in the commission of a crime and let the rest of the law abiding, oops, I mean those who have paid their debt to society own guns.
I just had to point out how awesome that grouping was. Pedophiles, the mentally ill, children and immigrants. I mean there are varied levels of hatred out there and you covered the spectrum. No commentary but I thought it was a cool list.
Come to think of it though, letting pedophiles and kids to both have guns could help ease both problems right there. Hmm, worth thinking about.