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I think crimes you commit as a juvenile shouldn't strike against you as an adult.
Obviously extreme cases like premeditated murder or something like that are different.
I think this leads to a slippery slope. What do you think?
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Juvenile convictions can void adult gun rights
By Steve Karnowski
Associated Press
Updated: 06/02/2009 04:18:34 PM CDT
The Minnesota Court of Appeals says a man convicted of a violent crime when he was a juvenile doesn't have a Second Amendment right to possess a firearm.
Ryan Turnbull was convicted in Swift County in 2007 after a conservation officer saw him carrying a gun during hunting season in 2006. He had been found delinquent in juvenile court in 2004 of felony drive-by shooting and other charges.
Turnbull argued to the Court of Appeals his right to have a gun is protected by a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last June that affirmed the right to have guns for self-defense in the home.
But the appeals court says that ruling was "very limited" in scope.
Turnbull's attorney says he expects to appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
I think crimes you commit as a juvenile shouldn't strike against you as an adult.
Obviously extreme cases like premeditated murder or something like that are different.
I think this leads to a slippery slope. What do you think?
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