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For our Virginia members. Lots of news lately about felons getting voting rights restored in VA, do they get 2A rights as well?
On August 22, 2016, Governor McAuliffe announced the process he will use moving forward to restore rights to individuals. Individuals seeking restoration of their civil rights are encouraged to contact the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office.
Also, someone now a resident of Virginia but whose felony conviction was in another State will still need to have his rights restored in the State in which the conviction occurred.Red Wind said:In any case, a restoration would only pertain to Commonwealth of Virginia felons. Virginia residents who are Federal felons will continue to be denied voting, gun, and serving on a jury, rights.
This appears to be the latest.
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On August 22, 2016, Governor McAuliffe announced the process he will use moving forward to restore rights to individuals. Individuals seeking restoration of their civil rights are encouraged to contact the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office.
In any case, a restoration would only pertain to Commonwealth of Virginia felons. Virginia residents who are Federal felons will continue to be denied voting, gun, and serving on a jury, rights.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
I. This Court Held That Governor McAuliffe Unconstitutionally
Suspended the Law When He Restored the Voting Rights of
206,000 Felons.
II. Respondents Have Defied This Court’s Decision and
Restored Once Again the Rights of All Felons Who
Were the Subject of the Court’s Mandamus Order.
There is no substantive difference between the Governor’s current
actions and his three executive orders suspending Article II, Section 1, that
this Court invalidated in its mandamus decision. “Instead of simply
announcing that any felon whose sentence is complete is eligible to vote, the
administration now will mail a notice to that effect to each one. The
administration will review each record, but only to confirm that the individual
has completed the sentence and any supervised release. McAuliffe will not
individually sign the orders or make use of an autopen, but an image of his
signature will be printed on each letter, spokesman Brian Coy said.” Laura
Vozzella, McAuliffe restores voting rights to 13,000 felons, WASH. POST (Aug.
22, 2016), goo.gl/wu2mrw.
The Governor has openly declared his resolve to evade the Court’s
order.
CONCLUSION
The Court should order Respondents to show cause why they should
not be held in contempt for violating the writ of mandamus issued in this case
on July 22, 2016. In the alternative, the Court should enter an order enforcing
its prior judgment and prohibiting Respondents from registering any of the
felons whose rights were purportedly restored by the orders issued, without
application from the felon, under the process announced by the Governor on
August 22.
I'll be the difficult libertarian...
If a felon is too dangerous to own a gun then they should still be in jail.
If they've paid their debt to society then ALL of their rights should be restored - voting and gun rights. I'm no felon so I'm not sure what else they lose...but that's my premise.
I'll be the difficult libertarian...
If a felon is too dangerous to own a gun then they should still be in jail.
If they've paid their debt to society then ALL of their rights should be restored - voting and gun rights. I'm no felon so I'm not sure what else they lose...but that's my premise.
That's very nice, but the question posed by the OP was not about how you think things should be. The OP wanted information about how things actually are.hpluseleven said:....If they've paid their debt to society then ALL of their rights should be restored - voting and gun rights. I'm no felon so I'm not sure what else they lose...but that's my premise.
What about my firearms rights?
The Governor does not have the authority to restore firearms rights. Contact your local circuit court for information about restoration of firearms rights
Look up "unalienable".For our Virginia members. Lots of news lately about felons getting voting rights restored in VA, do they get 2A rights as well?
Thank you for the peek into your alternate universe. Here, in real life in the real world things work rather differently from how you'd prefer.Flechette said:Look up "unalienable".For our Virginia members. Lots of news lately about felons getting voting rights restored in VA, do they get 2A rights as well?
Sorry if I offended you. I didn't think my comment was out of line as it is basically what hpluseleven and ljnowel said.Thank you for the peek into your alternate universe. Here, in real life in the real world things work rather differently from how you'd prefer.
The OP asked a question about how things actually work in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Your comment doesn't help answer that question.
Yes, it was essentially what hpluseleven and ljnowel said, but neither of their posts were helpful or on-topic either. I said as much in post 9.Flechette said:....I didn't think my comment was out of line as it is basically what hpluseleven and ljnowel said.
I'm confused... Right or wrong, can they vote and get a gun or not?