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Privately funding relief from disabilities
Joshua Prince has thoughts on the subject. Federal relief from disabilities was, until 1986, the relief for persons with a conviction for nonviolent offenses, or quite old ones. But for a decade, thanks to a PR campaign by Violence Policy Center, budget riders have forbidden the ATF from granting such relief.
Another interesting issue is that the riders DO allow relief if the applicant is a corporation, but not if the applicant is a human. Given that corporate criminal liability generally requires the the illegal act be directly approved by high-ranking individuals in the corporation, that seems a questionable distinction to me.
Comments
very good Mr. Prince
Posted by: David M. McCleary at May 26, 2011 11:51 AM
Is this another law the Administration has decided not to enforce?
Posted by: Jim D. at May 27, 2011 11:43 AM
If by "Administration" you mean every President and Congress since about 1993, then yes.
Posted by: Diomed at May 28, 2011 10:27 PM