Should any of this change? [View all]

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(I tried looking for more recent info but I haven't found any yet)

As of 2002, 15 states automatically restore the firearm rights of convicts upon their release from prison or completion of parole, and 6 other states automatically restore the firearm rights of juvenile convicts upon their release from prison or completion of parole. In 2004, the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice wrote that this system...

"...may result in a paradoxical situation in which someone convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is permanently barred from owning a firearm, while someone who kills his spouse has his firearm rights restored after serving his sentence."

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	Violent felons should lose their firearm rights for good, rights for misdemeanor convictions should follow state guidelines
	3 (75%)
	Individual courts should decide
	1 (25%)
	Other
	0 (0%)
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