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https://www.foxnews.com/us/atlanta-airport-gunfire-manhunt-underway-convicted-felon-kenny-wells

As in the Rittenhouse case, Felon with a firearm, LOCK them Up, or take their hands (their choice).

It’s amazing to me that so many “pro” gun folks are anti gun when it comes to felons.

The world is full of weapons and people still think gun control for felons works.

A felon in possession of a firearm needs killing. I feel anyone convicted of three felonies needs killing. Fact is killing the bad guys will pretty much fix the majority of problems we have in the country. The crooked politicians and or lawyer's will be out of a job.

It is not necessarily "Pro" or "Anti" gun people that concern me so much as the TOTAL INABILITY of so many people to be able to independently THINK anymore... and to NOT take the words spoken by MSM as an "Instruction Manual" on how they MUST LIVE THEIR LIVES WITHOUT QUESTIONING ANYTHING.

This one hit that point home (more so than any other memes here recently).

Owning a gun is a right, Felons lose their rights, They have conditions for parole, owning a gun is a violation of that parole. Break the parole (do the crime) do the time.

Show people that guns are not the answer to a minor dispute,

Enforce the laws that are on the books.

All of the founding fathers were felons.....just putting that out there.
And if someone can "take away" a right, it's not a right it's a privilege.

A bit of silliness, a bit of truth.
Guns make for a polite society
Unfortunately this won’t work well in cities were gangs are concerned , they don’t seem to have a grain of politeness between thier ears .
Kenneth

Very true. I never understood the US obsession with barring felons from owning firearms. The way I see it either you learnt your lesson after you do the time and you enjoy full rights again, or you didnt learn your lesson and if you want to do bad things you will find a way to get an illegal gun anyway...

These bans, like most gun bans only disadvantage those who werent intending to do anything wrong.

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What it really comes down to is that we have one particular race of people that commit most of the really violent crimes and as a whole cannot be trusted with firearms. Our Founders understood this but in modern times unless convicted of a felony they have as much right to a weapon as anyone.

They were (knowingly) guilty of treason against the crown but that's an apples to oranges comparison because when the rebellion became a successful revolution, they no longer answered to the British government, they *became* the government.

What worries me is the fact that there are so many things that used to be misdemeanor offenses are now felonies.
They’re turning us all into unconvicted felons on a daily basis. I think this is planned. That way we can be disarmed one at a time.
7mm

Barring felons from possessing firearms allows them, if caught, to be locked up before they commit more crimes. Possession of a weapon by a felon is prima facia evidence that they’re going to commit more crimes and are willing to kill while doing so.

200 years ago, for the most part, Felons owning/possessing firearms wasn't much of a problem.

The list of 'Felonies' was much shorter, AND

Once convicted of a Felony your life was much shorter also........ so problem solved, as it were.

RE: Treason!!! Patriotic or Treasonous Acts are largely dependent on Dates!!!

So are you suggesting felons should be legally allowed to possess a gun since gun control for them doesn't work? Why stop there. Maybe we make theft and shop lifting legal since the laws against it didn't work. How about rape? Murder? With your logic why have any laws at all?

If a person is deemed safe enough to walk among us in society they should be afforded the same rights as everybody else.

I oppose the restriction of gun ownership for any free American.

Apples to apples. Goverment is goverment.

Would you have felt the same way if Rittenhouse were convicted on all counts?

Similar to domestic violence. A misdemeanor banning those convicted of firearm ownership. At the time it was made into law it was supposed to prevent wife beaters from buying a gun to kill their wife. 25 or so years later and anything and everything is domestic violence. Two adult roommates, two adult relatives, a man damaging property a wife or GF property or making any contact whatsoever with during an argument. All of it is domestic violence and a lifelong firearm ban.

Which isn’t to justify any of the above behavior but it’s morphed into something that it wasn’t sold as at the time and the way that the charge is through around today definitely should not be a lifelong ban. I have no doubt that anti gun prosecutors use it as a tool.

Eh...only if you expected the new government to try and convict *itself* of crimes against the former government. Technically they were never convicted at trial just declared outlaws by the crown.

The 1968 Gun Control Act made owning a firearm by a convicted felon illegal irrespective of the crime type. So most "pro-gun folks" believe following the law is a good idea especially when it comes to who can legally purchase a firearm. Convicted felons have already proven they are not much for following laws.