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

Aggravated Assault?

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

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.

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.

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