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In reply to the discussion: I'm okay with violent felons owning guns after they serve their sentence... [View all]TeddyR
(2,493 posts)11. I read an article recently
That discussed the surge in crime in certain major cities (Chicago, DC, Baltimore, etc.) that stated that something like 70% of felons convicted of violent crimes commit additional crimes after being released from prison. I personally would ban violent felons from both owning firearms and being able to vote. Someone on this board recently expressed their support for allowing felons to vote while incarcerated - I don't think that rapists, murderers, white supremacists or gang members should have any say in who leads this country. And they certainly shouldn't be permitted to own weapons of any kind.
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I'm okay with violent felons owning guns after they serve their sentence... [View all]
discntnt_irny_srcsm
May 2016
OP
"...we don't have the resources to lock up every murder and rapist and violent criminal forever."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
May 2016
#15
I do not consider robust support of the Second right-wing. Nor did JFK, an NRA member.
Eleanors38
May 2016
#36