You can push for your state to remove those restrictions from felons.
None of the Bill of Rights is interpreted 100% literally. Would you allow free speech to include threats? What about the pesky "no law abridging free speech" 1st amendment? Reasonable restrictions apply to every constitutional right. The 1st says no law restricting free press but we restrict child pornography.
The problem with taking someone's 2nd amendment rights is that today, every felon has their right to own and possess a firearm stripped from them. Doesn't matter what their crime was or how long ago it occurred.
This means someone who say committed credit card fraud and got convicted of a felony for it loses their right to bear a firearm, even though their crime had nothing to do with firearms, violence, or anything related to that.
Even if a state restores someone's rights in full or otherwise, the feds will still come in and slap felon with a firearm on them if they are caught with one.
AProudLefty (10-21-2021)
Where is the right to vote being denied? The only agreement on that I can give is once a felon is off parole and out of prison they should be able to vote. While on parole or in prison they shouldn't. Parole is just a form of "community custody" where the person is still subject to state control. I'd even say someone on welfare--full welfare-- might not be able to vote as they too are wards of the state.
Yes, it is. But if something is an absolute right (shall not be infringed) it also applies to extreme situations. The courts have ruled computer generated child pornography is protected (because it does not harm any children).
To be less extreme we can use adult pornography. What about a law prohibiting animal sacrifices for religious purposes?
If the right to keep and bear arms shall not be extreme how can we restrict minors?
Either our constitutional rights are absolute (Justice Hugo Black) or they are not absolute and can be restricted.
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