If you're not incarcerated, on probation, or parole, then all rights should be restored. If they are too dangerous to ever own a gun, they shouldn't be free. That's my utopian view, thought admittedly somewhat unrealistic.
There is too much recidivism in the prisons to say that once you have served your sentence, your rights should be restored.
I think there has to be a time of proving.
Where they get and keep a job, keep out of trouble, contribute to society in general.
THEN go before a judge and argue to get their 2A rights back.
IMHO
Bill, I understand more where you are coming from now.
And I completely agree with you.
However, I don't think that is ever going to happen.
Longer sentences and harsher prison time would work, but, unfortunately, this is 2016 and we have progressed beyond those archaic ideas
Short sentences, reduced sentences, three good meals a day, a gymnasium, and lots of felons from which to learn better ways to commit crime is more the norm.
Jail can be better than the real world for many of the prisoners.
Similarly, though some states punish the unlicensed carrying of a concealed weapon as a serious crime, see Gov’t Suarez Br. at 16-17 n.5, more than half prescribe a maximum sentence that does not meet the threshold of a traditional felony (more than one year in prison) and others do not even require a specific credential to carry a concealed weapon, see Thomson Reuters, 50 State Survey: Right to Carry a Concealed Weapon (Statutes) (October 2015); U.S. Gov’t Accountability Off., States’ Laws and Requirements for Concealed Carry Permits Vary Across Nation 73–74 (2012), available at http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/592552.pdf (last visited Aug. 25, 2016); Law Ctr. to Prevent Gun Violence, Concealed Weapons Permitting, Concealed Weapons Permitting | Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (last visited Aug. 25, 2016).
Reference what Bill said in his post aboveWhat would you propose to make the system better? A model that actually reduces recidivism ?
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Jail can be better than the real world for many of the prisoners.
This is a big part of the issue. Many, many convicts have a better, safer, more comfortable life in prison than they did on the outside. That's not punishment, it's a vacation on the taxpayer's dime.
That said......Yes, there should be a clear path to restoration of rights but it should not be automatic.
If you're not incarcerated, on probation, or parole, then all rights should be restored. If they are too dangerous to ever own a gun, they shouldn't be free. That's my utopian view, thought admittedly somewhat unrealistic.
What would you propose to make the system better? A model that actually reduces recidivism ?