Very thoughtful thread and comments. I am thinking that the thinking is that as a convict in prison a prisoner is viewed as antithesis to civilized society therefore they have lost all their democratic rights. Taking away their gun rights while is prison is a no brainer. But taking away their gun rights after they are paroled is not very smart because it is still a violent world out there and they need to be able to defend themselves like everyone else. Alas however the 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with fighting crime. It is all about defending democracy against tyranny and outside attack (from the British, from the French, from the American Indians, and from the Japanese during WW2).
Children, non-citizens and the mentally incompetent can't vote because of standards involving trustworthiness and responsibility. The same requirements should apply to felons while incarcerated. After they are released then they should get their Right back.
Alcohol has been around for thousands of years. It is the draught of kings. Poe foke like y'all can now afford it too. Even Jesus drank wine and was a winemaker to boot !!!
Yeah, it's dope to yous..Marijuana has a history of use over 2 thousand years old...I don't drink booze it's a toxin.
Booze cleans out your arteries. Maryjane fogs up your brain. Everyone I know who has been on Maryjane for long periods of time has fokked up their brains.
Let me know what you think you are saying here. What does growing weed in states where it's a felony, and facing the penalty if caught, have to do with the Founding Fathers and the British?
It isn't something I see as a massive priority but argument could be made for prisoners expected to be released within the term the election is for but I can definitely see the argument against prisoners on longer sentences being allowed to. The practical difficulties would need considering too, not just how to achieve safe and secure voting in a prison context but also things like working out which region a prisoners vote would count in. It can't be wherever the prison is since a large prison in a low-population area could significantly skew the vote but in many cases, determining where a prisoners official home is could be difficult, even controversial. All of that could probably be resolved, but I'm not convinced the benefits would outweigh the costs.
Not just no, but hell no. They lost their right to vote when they were convicted of a felony. They are just riff raff. You don't commit a felony by accident.
No, they are being punished. They are not repaying a debt to society when being locked up. They have committed a major crime against the people of this country.
The point of prison is that you lost your freedoms. I don't support prisoners voting, however I believe that once a person paid his debt to society, he should have all of his rights restored.
