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This sure looks like something!
922(n) is unconstitutional thanks to the Bruen decision?
It's got a few steps to go to affect me down in Florida, but this looks like a positive step.
Yes, Quiroz appears to be an unsavory character, but as Mr Richardson points out landmark cases often involve scumbags.
The history of felons owning guns cannot fail to mention David Marshall Williams.
Convicted murderer and credited with the design of the M1 Carbine.
It doesn't get more clear that we used to be OK with violent felons being around guns as long as they'd served their time.
One wonders what would have become of Mr Williams if his natural talents had been suppressed from the general ability of a felon to obtain gainful employment that exists today.
I also wonder how many people are in a perpetual state of criminality because the lifelong albatross of their conviction bars them from many jobs.
Yeah, convicted felons have a very hard row to hoe. It takes a committed employer to give them a chance to make a living using legitimate means and there aren't very many of them. You would think the penal system would already have a system that helps former inmates accomplish this. Incarcerating repeat offenders cost us more in the long run.
ReplyDeleteDamn it, forgot to add my name jrg to that comment just made a minute ago. Sorry about that - brain fog is strong this morning !!
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DeleteYou have an excellent point about ex-felons, particularly since they've added so many new felonies, including quite a few that are mala prohibita, not mala in se. "Sex offenders" have it even worse, particularly since they whipped up this endless huge panic about mostly-imaginary child molesters. Neither my brother nor I are noted for our great compassion, but we both agreed that the treatment they get is unnecessarily harsh in many cases.
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