I'm going to try starting a conversation about what "responsible" gun laws should look like...

[Timbuk3]

90. Thanks for your reply

...and restatement.

JFTR, my post was more of a question to the community than me calling you out. There are plenty of people who think it's just fine to make felons pay a price for the rest of their lives, rather than serve their time and then (at least have a chance to) return to being productive members of society. And, I really don't agree with them, about more than just guns.

I did a quick search and found this:

http://www.nacdl.org/uploadedFiles/files/resource_center/2012_restoration_project/Loss_and_Restoration_of_Civil_Rights_and_Firearms_Privileges.pdf

A quick scan of the page tells me that there are several states that restore civil rights after a felony conviction, once the sentence has been served, so maybe it's not as bad as I'm making it to be, but seriously, why let them out of jail if we're not going to give them a chance to live like any other citizen, again?

Edited to add: I appreciated your original post, too. All the more well-done, seeing as how you were "deep into a bottle of Wild Turkey 101 by then".