I never thought I'd see the day where CONVICTED sex offenders are protected by paranoid gun owners....jeez.
As for not being a stretch between the rights of sex offenders and gun owners...yes it IS a stretch...because they have been investigated, charged, tried, found guilty and sentenced. It's a long process and most arrests do NOT end up in a conviction....so no it wouldn't be likely that most people could be brought up on a technicality, you would still have to be charged, convicted and sentenced, which isn't as easy as T.V. makes it out to be.
As for my fellow cops who’ve posted here, I respectfully disagree with you guys on the basis of my understanding of Constitutional law. On a strictly legal argument, your rights may be changed (most likely) upon conviction of a crime by that sovereign body that exercises it’s jurisdiction over that crime and person. Otherwise how do you justify prison, parole, probation, fines or even civil sanctions and garnishments? They would all be unconstitutional under the understanding that just because you walk among freemen you are entitled to the rights of a freeman. Certainly not. As for a moral argument, well, I too am a natural enemy to a child molester and sex offender, thus I have no moral qualms with a shakedown supported by law and would do so with absolute glee.
As for the Patriot Act, well, I support it, but I don't expect everyone to. But anyone with a basic understanding of Constitutional law cannot argue that a convicted felon or sex offender is entitled to full reinstatement of rights after being rightly convicted or deny a courts rights to limit such rights after a conviction….this is Constitutional Law 101 stuff here folks.
I also think it pretty chicken (insert slang for fecal matter here) to blame parents for their kids being molested or raped. Are you serious? I have actually been rendered semi-speechless by that ignorant and base charge....:banghead:
Let me tell you something as someone who has worked with children and abused children, it's not the kid's fault, it's not the parent's fault though each will blame themselves....it is the SEX OFFENDER'S FAULT!!! or do you not believe in individual accountability Mr. Constitutional defender? A sex offender should be sentenced for life but barring that, this is the next logical step....they are not ENTITLED to any greater Constitutional protections than the courts grant once they have placed themselves under the discretion of the court by violating the law....and in the case of a sex offender, in a most heinous way.
I am a 2nd Amendment advocate, ask anyone here who has ever met me. I swore personally to uphold the Constitution and am still under that oath as I type this. It is not something I take lightly, but this is NOT a gun issue folks and it is NOT a prudent course to sideline the rights of gun owners next to child molesters…it is political suicide. Think people!!! Be intelligent before giving gun grabbers fodder.
If you don't believe in compromise and don't play politics, well then enjoy your guns now, because those who do play politics will control your future, I recommend you get involved and get smart.