Felons can't have guns.

[Old Dog]

My take on it is, if you don't trust them to be fully-functioning members of society, worthy of the government's protection of their natural rights... don't let them out of prison.

Two things. First, as Bobson stated in the posts immediately before yours, we don't have enough room to keep all of these folks incarcerated. Second, they have already violated the social contract and earned abrogation of certain rights. A legal sanction of being a person prohibited from owning modern firearms does not mean they have lost their "natural right" of self-defense; they've simply lost access to one tool.

Bobson noted

... then in the next breath, will turn around and take it upon themselves to become rights restoration advocates for people who have already proven they have zero desire to play by the rules of a civilized society, and have no problem hurting anyone if it means their personal gain.

Well said.

 

[Frank Ettin]

Getting circular so I'll close the thread.