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jimmy the one

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12. con about cons
Tue May 31, 2016, 12:00 PM
May 2016

beevul: Context is important, james... when I said "Not in federal law, that I'm aware of", I was referring to the fact that whether a felon is of the violent variety or the non-violent variety, there seems to be no distinction in federal law, when it comes to how ones civil rights are curtailed after one serves ones sentence.

You whine about context - where in secmo's OP did he delimit to federal offenders &/or policy? His OP clearly stated VA & Md having restored voting rights to a quarter million ex-cons.

beevul's strange premise, aka con about cons: Oh this is rich. Just imagine the absolute fun you'd be having with this, if those former inmates had said the same thing about a constitutionally protected right - gun rights.
They'd go from being the poor disenfranchised former felons, to the "ammosexuals" whos decisions and judgment can't be trusted, all with a switch of the topic.


beevul: You realize you're addressing a statement by me, about federal law, with a screed about state law, right?

You refined it to federal law only after my first post. You noted only to alleged constitutional rkba but did not refine it.

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