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The purpose of the firearms disability is to prevent them from harming others, but if they’re not physically harmful crimes, what is the purpose of the firearms ban?
Seems to be singularly an eternal punishment of a restriction that has no relevance. Almost like saying if you drink and drive, you can no longer own a harmonica…apparently, you are a danger to society by making music because you made a mistake and drove drunk.
>make them completely whole again after some period of time is not a deterrent.
I feel that to prevent someone from becoming whole again is a travesty. It’s cruel. Hope is a wonderful thing. Maybe the best of things, and to remove all hope of redemption breaks my heart.
>A felony is a felony. If, as a society we think some crimes are worthy of the criminal being made whole again, perhaps those crimes should not be a felony in the first place.
Well, the definition of a felony is simply a crime that is punishable by a term of one year or more…this takes in no consideration of the type of crime, nor its rehabilitory status. Some things you can reflect on and make right.
>Thinking of your 19 yoa example. Wouldn’t that save time and money on the system and duress on the criminal on the front end?
I’m not saying that crimes should not be punished. I’m simply saying that not all crimes should have life sentences. I feel that if you pay the debt (set forth by the court), you ought to be given the opportunity to return to normalcy.