as coming from someone who has spent a LOT of time with people in jail *i had a false charge back in 2005 that took 8 months in county lock up to clear up*. my PERSONAL opinion is that 99.9% of these scumbags should never own a weapon. Criminals have a way of driving the same roads if you know what i mean. i saw guys who went through counceling, drug therapy, DV assesments. who got released, and swore up and down they would NEVER return. but the next morning at breakfast there they were........like they never left.
Crime truely is a pattern. especially in cases where the criminal has a long repeated history of violence and crime. its all they know. many life time criminals in prison state that they would rather not be released, because they have lost the ability and functionality to be a productive member of society. and know that if they are indeed released, that they will shortly be incarcerated again , simply because of the fact that the only way they know how to survive is THROUGH crime.
with that said. 90% of felonys are convicted for a darn good reason. now beating up your neighbor is NOT a felony, those who are charged in most states are still allowed to have a firearm, unless of course it is a domestic. then they are barred. but MOST felonlys are charged as felonys because the crime is very violent or had a potential to create an extreme risk to life or limb of the general public.
however SOME felonys do not warrant in my belief revocation of the right to bear arms. such as a stupid 18 year old hitting a mailbox with a rock. which is defined as damage of federal property and therefore classified as a felony. or a Jobcorps student punching another student who is classified as a "federal employee" who is then charged with said felony.
so........i DO believe that 90% of felons should NOT be allowed to own a weapon because of the simple fact that they made a concious decision to commit a crime that was large and dangerous enough to be charged a felony in the first place, they should not be given the chance to commit another crime of equal or greater danger to the general public by way of gaining the freedom to own a deadly weapon. simple as that
Yeah, those god damned founding father's and their belief in Inalienable Rights. How dare they screw up this country with that legacy... until
1968.
Cause you know how bad this country was when every free citizen could own a firearm. And you could buy a gun from Sears and get it shipped to your door. And if you wanted a machine gun you could simply go put cash on a table and walk out with one.
Yeah, almost 200 years of hell -- until the GCA of 1968 baring felons from owning firearms -- and you from mailing them, and you from buying some deemed 'too dangerous' etc.
WTH were those founding father idiots thinking? Free citizens: bah. Inalienable rights: phooey. That damn Constitution is a POS, we should scrap it and go with whatever some smart guy like you feels like doing to other citizens at any given moment. Genius idea, I love it.
Legal positivism sis boom bah, rah rah rah. Down with Rights, up with privileges.
And yes, let's make a second class of 'quasi-citizens' to ensure we have a large disenfranchised population that hates the government, and Full Citizens (umm, I don't mind them hating you, but I'd prefer they not hate me). What a AWESOME idea. Way better than that crappy pre-1968 approach.
And while we're on the topic, thank God the good old US of A imprisons more people than any other country in the world (even though India and China has like three times as many people). Now that's just smart business. Create an inherently unjust legal system designed to feed the prison UNIONS, paid for by taxes we can't afford. Capital idea. After all, government jobs (which are pretty close to plain old welfare) drive the economy!
Most of the above is sarcasm, this isn't: you and your ideas make me sick to my stomach.
Meaning, gotta admire the writing skills.
