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WOW! This thread has gotten all kinds of responses. Some say "NO WAY", some say felons should be OK because some people speed or some other nonsense, some say there should be a time limit, and everything in between. For what it is worth, if a person is convicted of a felony, then any restrictions or prohibitions that come with being a felon should be able to have a chance to be removed. At the expense of the felon. The felon was the one convicted and they should have known the ramifications of their actions. If they did not, then it was their own fault.
The judge, jury, board or whomever makes that decision should factor all the facts violent vs. nonviolent, how long ago, has full restitution been made and most of all what has the behavior and responsibility of the felons action been like since being out in the real world. It may take years to be eligible for a hearing or even tens of years. Some may get rights restored, some will not and some may get only partial rights restored. The expense should be on the felons own dime and no one else's unless some chooses to help them. We all have the ability to choose, whether we make good or bad choices the choices have consequence some good and some bad.
Just sayin

Scott B. wrote:Going back to felons and guns, there's an interesting carve out in Texas (and some other states I understand). After five years from discharge of the sentence, a felon can possess a firearm in their residence. Lot of issues, possess versus own, purchase, residence only, etc, but it's interesting.

That is true and interesting but that means the state will not charge you but the feds can if the ever have a reason to search the residence. Then again, if you are doing something that makes the feds search your residence, you probably should not have a firearm.