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« NRA, Bloomberg and Facebook | Main | Six falsehoods being pushed by Bloomberg & Co. »

When does the NY Times care about restoring a felon's gun rights?

Posted by David Hardy · 7 June 2014 07:12 PM

Ann Althouse has the answer: when it can be used to portray a GOP governor and possible presidential candidate in a bad light. The fellow in the story was convicted of aggravated assault after breaking a man's nose, and wants a pardon so that his gun rights will be restored. Funny that a few years ago the Times ran an article headlined "Felons Finding It Easy to Regain Gun Rights."

5 Comments | Leave a comment

rd | June 8, 2014 10:53 PM | Reply

Aggravated Assault?

Even if he does get his rights restored, I do not think we need him as a Law Enforcement Officer.

TexTopCat | June 10, 2014 4:49 AM | Reply

There is a big problem when "rights" are denied on a permanent basis. I think a better solution would be for every NICS record to expire in 3 to 5 years and have to be re-entered for a new offense or renewed for people that are still in prison. Since it appears that our AG wants to restore voting rights for felons, then gun rights also need to be restored after the punishment is complete.

MrApple | June 10, 2014 10:27 AM | Reply

It is my opinion that once a felon finishes their court appointed punishment that their rights should be restored, all of them. So am I calling for all felons to have their 2nd Amendment rights restored? No. I feel that any crime in which a firearm is used, physical violence is used, a sexual crime, or physical/mental/sexual crimes against children should get the offender a lifetime stay in prison. But a petty drug dealer, credit card fraud, non-violent felony, and the like should get punishment and then the restoration of their full Constitutional Rights in order to assist them to assimilate back into society. It is a pipe dream to think that a felon out of prison should just learn to live without those rights and still become a productive member of society. If part of the punishment for crimes committed doesn't include rehabilitation and the assimilation back into society then when you take these offenders out of society for punishment you are merely giving them a vacation from society and shouldn't be shocked when they, once out of prison, reoffend.

MrApple replied to comment from MrApple | June 10, 2014 10:28 AM | Reply

I forgot to mention that I am not a felon looking to have my rights restored. I am not a felon at all.

The Police | June 13, 2014 5:44 AM | Reply

> MrApple | June 10, 2014 10:28 AM
> I forgot to mention that I am not a felon. . . I am not a felon at all.

Yes you are, citizen. You just haven’t been caught yet.

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