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Lurks Often

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41. Wrong, you either didn't read it or are making things up.
Sun Mar 24, 2013, 12:50 PM
Mar 2013

The law is very specific about violent felons NOT being allowed guns:
The judge ruled on the letter of the law and the law was fairly specific about what felons were NOT allowed to own a gun, from the link:

"It is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a crime of violence ... which is a felony or simple burglary, burglary of a pharmacy, burglary of an inhabited dwelling, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, felony illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities, manufacture or possession of a delayed action incendiary device, manufacture or possession of a bomb, or possession of a firearm while in the possession of or during the sale or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, or any violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law which is a felony, or any crime which is defined as a sex offense ..., or any crime defined as an attempt to commit one of the above-enumerated offenses under the laws of this state..."

Burglary of a UNINHABITED dwelling (Caps mine) is not listed, neither are other non-violent felonies.

Without agreeing with the law, the question is: For a non-violent felon who has completed his sentence and is in theory rehabilitated, what rights should he be required to forfeit after his release? Or asked a different way, what rights does a non-violent felon get back after he has completed serving his sentence?

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Details? AWB? Gang violence? Drugs? Skip Intro Mar 2013 #1
One person died out of four shot because the perp did NOT have a mbperrin Mar 2013 #2
you don't need a high powered rifle to kill many bossy22 Mar 2013 #31
So you have no objection to banning rifles of all sorts because they are not any more mbperrin Mar 2013 #32
Criminal gun owners get their guns from legal gun owners. But you knew that. baldguy Mar 2013 #3
I suppose in that area it could be Russian mafia. grasswire Mar 2013 #4
Disarm the criminals first? Tell that to Louisiana. nt SunSeeker Mar 2013 #6
Doing nothing is not the answer AndyA Mar 2013 #7
Thanks to the NRA and the gun nuts... primavera Mar 2013 #13
Wrong, you either didn't read it or are making things up. Lurks Often Mar 2013 #41
Speaking of not reading... primavera Mar 2013 #45
Your point. I read differently. n/t Lurks Often Mar 2013 #47
Can't hug mine. We had a spat, and she's sleeping in a separate box. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #5
Apply a little Hoppes No. 9, and all will be well..... (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #8
That's over doing it. I prefer Remoil. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #24
Who on DU opposes ALL gun control? One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #9
You haven't been paying attention, have you? baldguy Mar 2013 #11
That post is not a call for zero control. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #16
You've already admitted to views so far outside the mainstream that they don't deserve consideration baldguy Mar 2013 #17
So when you asserted that my post was against all gun control, you were incorrect, yes? Peter cotton Mar 2013 #21
Is that a "hamina hamina hamina", or an "I know you are but what am I"? baldguy Mar 2013 #26
So when you asserted that my post was against all gun control, you were incorrect, yes? Peter cotton Mar 2013 #28
It's just a message board dude snooper2 Mar 2013 #39
So they say primavera Mar 2013 #15
+1000 baldguy Mar 2013 #18
100% Background Checks One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #35
Indeed he has primavera Mar 2013 #36
Isn't New York wonderful. 3 people were shot and killed at an IHOP today! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #10
Not just NY BumRushDaShow Mar 2013 #12
This must stop!!! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #14
It won't. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #22
Mankind's inhumanity will be the end of us all if it does not stop. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #23
It would be extraordinarily difficult to eradicate humanity. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #25
"but violence on a personal level isn't going to cause our extinction." In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #27
I'll be happy to take that bet. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #29
I agree! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #30
I , just five years ago, barbaraj Mar 2013 #19
You could go further bossy22 Mar 2013 #33
perhaps the gangs should be barbaraj Mar 2013 #34
If only it had been raining guns that day. nt valerief Mar 2013 #20
Never answer the door to someone you don't know ileus Mar 2013 #37
You're more likely to be killed be someone you know than someone you don't know. baldguy Mar 2013 #38
So much for NYC's really restrictive gun laws preventing gun crime n/t Lurks Often Mar 2013 #40
Bullshit. You know as well as I do most illegal guns come from states with lax gun laws. baldguy Mar 2013 #42
Yawn Lurks Often Mar 2013 #43
Have you hugged your gun today? baldguy Mar 2013 #44
Not that nonsense again Lurks Often Mar 2013 #46
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