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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] [The opinions expressed are not those of an expert, but someone who has read a large volume of material on the subject, much of it from professional police-oriented publications. I still might be wrong.] When someone is convicted of a crime, the punishment of which includes forfeit of second amendment rights, their guns are most likely confiscated. Any weapons which were used in the commission of a crime or are patently illegal for the former owner to possess (shotguns with barrels less than 20" in length, fully automatic weapons for which the owner has no license, etc.) are never returned, and that is also very likely the fate of any other confiscated firearms, regardless of their legality. Depending on the laws of the community (or state, or federal, depending on who has jurisdiction) the confiscated weapons which are illegal but not required for evidence will either be destroyed or added to the arsenal (battery is the "gunner's term) of the confiscating authority. Depending on the applicable laws, the remaining "legal" weapons will either be destroyed, auctioned off to a legal firearms dealer, auctioned off to a certified disposal company, or added to the confiscating authority's battery. The person who formerly owned the guns is SOL (Seriously Out of Luck [G-rated definition]). If it once again becomes legal for the convicted felon to legally own guns, it would only be after he served the full term of his sentence or at the end of his parole, whichever is longer. I am not certain that a convicted felon may ever have his second amendment rights restored. In that case, he may never legally possess firearms again, nor may he legally attempt to obtain them, even if the means he uses would otherwise be legal. Parole (for those who may not use the term in daily conversation) means that a convicted criminal has been released before the end of his term of imprisonment. It does not mean that all his civil rights are now in full force. He may not associate with known felons, may not drink intoxicating beverage, and may not violate the law in any way or he will be returned to prison. Persons on parole for a felony offense may not own, possess, or purchase firearms. Violation requires the felon to return to prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence. According to Federal law, an additional 5 years in federal prison is added on to the felon's sentence when the violation includes possession/use of a firearm. Licensed firearms dealers (I have several friends who have dealer's licenses) must strictly observe the laws regarding who they may and may not legally sell a firearm to. They are subject to penalties much more severe than you or I if they were to sell a firearm to a person who may not legally possess or purchase them (and the penalties if you or I were to attempt to do so are quite severe, indeed). They may only sell firearms to legal residents of the state they are licensed in or other licensed dealers. If someone who may not legally possess firearms attempts to purchase a weapon, the dealer must inform the police immediately (and, of course, may not sell a firearm or even ammunition to that person). No-one can just walk in off the street and buy a gun. If I were to go into Texas (the state next door) and see a gun I wanted to buy in a store, I could not buy it. I could, however, contact a dealer in my own state and have him purchase it for re-sale to me upon my return. I would still have to fill out all the applicable forms (any firearm) and wait the appropriate amount of time for a background check (for a handgun) before I could claim my purchase. Possessing firearms is a responsibility I do not take lightly, nor is it a right I will willingly allow to be taken from me, especially since I neither aid nor encourage the people who misuse guns and cause all the uproar. I do not recommend you purchase firearms if you are not comfortable with the idea of carrying lethal force upon your person, but I do not appreciate the assumption that all firearms owners are a threat. This is as absurd as blaming all Arabs for middle-eastern terrorism, or blaming all blacks for the high crime rate in communities with a significant population of blacks (not all of which will have a high crime rate, by the way). If you want to ban handguns, you should extend the logic to it's inevitable conclusion and begin setting up internment camps for potentially troublesome groups of people, so they can't cause trouble even if they wanted to. It's "guilty before innocent" applied with a very broad brush. --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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