On Oct 6, 12:59 pm, Bama Brian  wrote:
> Daniel wrote:
> > On Oct 4, 6:19 pm, "RD (The Sandman)" <rdsandman(spamlock)
> > @comcast.net> wrote:
> >> Daniel  wrote innews:44b98dc4-d0b0-4f18-aed9-fbfefd0fa6e5@m20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
>
> >>> On Sep 28, 2:32 pm, nraclaptrap <nraclapt...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >>>> Bert Hyman  wrote in
> >>>> news:Xns9C947EFFAE7DBVeebleFetzer@ 216.250.184.7:
> >>>>> Innews:Xns9C8E753094C71piotu0345go2r3ndec@216.196.97.131nraclaptrap
> >>>>> <nraclapt...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >>>>>> Well if everybody's carrying guns how do you tell the criminals
> >>>>>> from the law-abiding citizens?  You wait until they murder
> >>>>>> somebody, righ
> >>> t
> >>>>>> Spaniel?
> >>>>> That's the way the law works in a civilized society; you have to
> >>>>> wait until a crime's actually been committed before locking someone
> >>>>> up.
> >>>> Actually, preventing crimes by requiring background checks on every
> >>>> gun transaction, whether FFL or private, would be a big step in the
> >>>> right direction.  So anybody who has a gun who hasn't had a
> >>>> background check
> >>> is
> >>>> automatically a criminal.  
> >>> And how many criminals bother to legally purchase a gun?
> >> If they are felons, they cannot legally purchase one.  Period...
>
> > Exactly.
>
> Which brings us back to my original point.  Why should those who have
> served their time and so paid their debt to society, continue to be
> punished by the removal of their civil rights?



So you think a felon should be allowed to buy a gun once they have
served their sentence?