Demorat in action

[fabsroman]

My view on it is that any two time felon should not have any of his rights restored. They shouldn't have the right to vote or the right to touch a firearm. Now, for a first time felon, as long as the crime isn't one of violence, I guess I could live with the restoration of their rights after any prison sentence and/or probation term is fullfilled.

The problem I have with repeat offenders voting is that eventually we will have a society of crime. I think crime is bad enough in this land already. Just had a person a couple of miles from me, in some brand new high dollar condos, get shot 3 times in his condo as 5 hispanics broke into the place at night and tried to rob him. After they shot him three times, they made him get down on the floor and they roughed him up asking for his money. The guy will probably be paralyzed for life and the max sentence these guys can get is 15 years. Me, I say break the trigger man's spine and then let him free. If I'm the guy that got shot, I'd hire an attorney to get a judgment against this guy and pursue it for the rest of that guy's life, regardless of the cost. Personal injury judgments obtained because of a crime of violence cannot be discharged in bankruptcy.

Anyway, I am getting off the point here. We are already too lenient on criminals. If somebody wants to commit a felony, they should have thought about losing their right to bear arms and their right to vote. Now, that brings me to a friend of my brother who was convicted of vehicular manslaughter when he plowed into an old lady's car at 100+ in a 40 mph zone. He was 20 when this happened and received 5 years of probation. However, he still cannot possess a firearm and I know he is huge into hunting. The only thing he does is bow hunt. I'd like to see his right to possess a firearm restored and think that this might be one of the cases where it is a good idea.

There are always pros and cons to it. Maybe it should be something that is brought in front of a jury and a jury of ones peers can make the decision.

That brings me to another question. Can convicted felons serve on a jury? Do you think we should allow convicted felons to serve on a jury?