Gun ownership is a right? Excellent. So when are you going to campaign to have the rights of Convicted Felons who have served their sentences returned to them? Gun ownership is a right isn’t it?
Yes gun ownership is a right. Rights may be removed through due process. One can argue that all rights should be restored after serving one's sentence but part of due process can also include losing one's rights permanently.
I hope this answered your question.
Except that there is no legal due process for taking away self defense rights permanently.
The federal law was passed in 1934, but the federal government is banned from any firearm jurisdiction by the 2nd amendment.
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Under federal law, convicted felons lose their firearm rights, which is a decision that stemmed from a law developed in 1934. At that time, the federal government mandated that no person convicted of a felony involving violence would be able to have his or her firearm rights restores.
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Nor can anyone but a judge set a sentence, so an automatic loss of gun rights is a total violation of one's right to a fair trial.
Bouncing a check for $101 could in theory result in a felony conviction, so the penalty is totally arbitrary and out of proportion.
The federal government was totally in violation of the law, to pass this 1934 legislation.