Colorado Luckydog, there is a system in place for one to try to get their rights restored in a case by case way,Im not disputing this, I beleive it should be done. Little stupid crimes are just that, little and stupid, thats why they are broken down into catigories, infraction, missdomener, and felony. Infractions and missdomeners are the stupid crimes, speeding tickets, drug possession,asualt and so on that if your convicted, you receive less than a year, pay fines and retrobutions and you DO NOT loose you rights, this includes owning firearms. Now if you go back out and do it again and again, youll be charged as a felon, well personaly, I think if your stupid enough to go back out and do it again you shouldnt have the responcibility of owning or useing firearms. I agrea, there might be a couple out there that straighten their buts out and become upstanding citezens, I agrea they should be able to plea their case, but for the most part of the convicted felons out there, they keep getting into it time and time again. If your local P Ds and Sherrif dept. have a blog, log on to it, reed the arrest reports, youll be amazed at the repeat offenders, you might know some of them "in the back of your mind you even think they shouldnt possess guns" I know I do!, thats just the way life is today. This subject reminded me of something I was told when I was a young dumb kid " ALL PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS, THE WAY YOU USE YOUR BRAIN IS WHAT MAKES YOU HUMAN!" well it took me a while to figure that one out, one day I realisedif you treat others the way you want to be treated, thats being human, obeying the laws of man is part of that!.