BlueHeelerFl
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With the movement to return voting rights to felons, both nationally and locally like my home state of FL, is there any push to similarly return 2nd amendment rights to felons?
Perhaps some seriously need to read up on the "social contract." There's long-standing philosophical and legal precedent for denying those who've broken the social contract their right to bear arms. I personally believe they should have to demonstrate over a period of years post-incarceration that they have reformed and should be allowed to vote.There are people who believe that once a felon has served their sentence and they're free (out of jail, prison and off probation or parole) that they should have 2nd Amendment rights. The reasoning is if as a society we can't trust them with a firearm, they should remain locked up. If we decide they can be trusted to drive a car or truck among the public, maintaining a firearms restriction is hypocritical. It can become problematic, however, to be identified as a person or organization that is advocating for firearms rights for convicted felons when a portion of the society views firearms possession as an activity with purely criminal motive.
There's long-standing philosophical and legal precedent for denying those who've broken the social contract their right to bear arms.
I personally believe they should have to demonstrate over a period of years post-incarceration that they have reformed and should be allowed to vote.
While I consider myself a 2nd Amendment absolutist, there are absolutely people out there that I believe should not be allowed to possess firearms. Ever, again. ...
But what would the 2nd Amendment absolutist say about those driving trucks?
Certainly not part of the 2nd, but what about the amendment that talking about those not mentioned are still rights?Probably not much, since driving trucks isn't mentioned in the Second Amendment
....I don't believe a person's driver's license should be automatically suspended or revoked when they're convicted of a crime unless the crime itself involved the criminal use of the privilege granted by that license (in many cases, suspensions or revocations of driver's licenses have continued long after an individual's release from incarceration.) I also have never believed that one's Second Amendment rights should be stripped automatically, either, unless the criminal use/misuse of weapons and/or violence was involved in the crime(s) for which the felony conviction is placed.
Someone who is charged with the responsibility to evaluate an appealing felon's case could certainly take into consideration the nature of the crime(s) that got him into trouble in the first place. I do believe there are people who should continue to remain under firearms-restrictions due to convictions of violent crime(s), but should be permitted to drive if driving was never a factor in that, or any other, criminal activity. I also believe there are those who should be disallowed from driving if they've proven unfit for it due to criminal activity or irresponsibility in driving, but should maintain their RTKBA if that was never a factor.
With the movement to return voting rights to felons, both nationally and locally like my home state of FL, is there any push to similarly return 2nd amendment rights to felons?
Certainly not part of the 2nd, but what about the amendment that talking about those not mentioned are still rights?
(and the line wasn't even pulled in its entirety.)Probably not much, since driving trucks isn't mentioned in the Second Amendment..
Most guys in prison are just regular guys, like cross section of America, and not so violent. Don’t get me wrong, most deserve the time in, but losing basic rights all your life shouldn’t be the punishment for all of them.