Don't those felons know it's against the law to possess a gun.......
Felons should have the right to protect themselves.
Felons lose rights because they became felons.
I do think that if a person has paid his debt to society and is deemed safe enough to release into he public by the justice system, them all rights should be restored. If that person is unsafe or unfit to release with full rights, then take him behind the barn and put a .22lr behind his ear, or put him back in the cell with the other animals.