Matthew Larosiere
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Next Episode: Felon Disenfranchisement
🕑 Added 2021-07-04 04:44:32 +0000 UTCJust wanted to give you guys an update on the next episode, coming out early in the week. I realized just how deep the confusion is on felonies and how they impact the right to keep and bear arms. Various federal courts of appeal have bought the conception that prohibiting felons is a "presumptively lawful" thing rubber-stamped by the Supreme Court, but the history, and the actual words of the Court, have something different to say.
It might be a bit controversial but I think it's extremely important to talk about. The United States has an extreme overcriminalization problem, and the right to arms was never intended to be forfeit for weird statutory felonies.
For example, a man from my holy nation of Florida was charged with the felony of "polluting to harm humans, animals, plants, etc" after releasing a dozen heart-shaped balloons to impress his sweetheart. As many Americans have criminal convictions as college degrees. I hope it will do some good to cover the legal history of this matter. I'd appreciate any comments or anecdotes y'all might have that I could include.
Comments
Adam Williams
no mention that a felon that anmensty registered a machine gun can still possess that machine gun? Although there's probably few of these scenarios since the amnesty registration was 53 years ago so the person would be atleast 74 years old
I look forward to hearing this one. I’m personally all in favor of rights being restored for non-violent felons. Pedophiles, murderers, rapists and the like I have no sympathy for at all.
