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Old 01-24-2008, 11:01 AM
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Californiadoctor
 
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Default RE: Should Felons own Firearms?

ORIGINAL: opieone

I know a number of people who havehad felony DUI's. I used to hang with them, not bad people, they just drank too much after work, or on weekends, and got caught driving. Obviously more than once.
I used to hunt with them, on the yearly pheasant opener.
I was always worried about what could happen if a game warden checked their licenses, if they could get 5 years in prison forpossessing agun.
They got their drivers license back, why not let them hunt pheasants?
They won't drink while hunting. (afterthe daily hunting is a different story)
I wish I could say the same about their drinking and driving.
Are shotgun's also prohibited for felon's?
This kind of behavior on the highwayskills thousands of innocent people every year in the United States. To me they sound like very bad people. Just because theserecidivists got their rights back to use one potentially deadly weapon, an automobile, it is hardly a reason to give them access to another deadly weapon, a firearm.

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