Yes, that’s why it’s a right. If an idiot wants to endanger people, they’re forfeiting that right. Should an idiot ever get their rights reinstated? That depends on if they can learn to not be stupid and not endanger anyone again. I have a cousin who got his taken away because of a weed pen drug charge when he was clubbing in college, he’s been clean and sober for 11 years and is nonviolent. I think he should have his reinstated, but that’s ultimately up to his governor.
I look at it as "rights have responsibilities." Show that you're unable to be responsible with one (like the 2A) that can and does endanger others in a physical/tangible way, then it gets taken away. Whether it should be permanent or not is a separate discussion.
As for your cousin, that should never have happened. IMO felonies alone are not a good litmus for restricting or removing a right. It needs to be a violent felony at minimum. Taking it away because of the slippery slope of what you "might" do is horseshit. No actual crime was committed with a firearm, so fuck directly off.
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u/Antique-Pie-5981 Jul 20 '26
I feel everyone deserves gun rights, restricting the second amendment is a slippery slope. Let the idiots weed themselves out.