Reply #4: What krispos42 said, but...I don't think you are just curious [View All]

[Caliman73]

I find it difficult to believe that your question is driven by simple curiosity. You go out of your way to call out "purists" as if supporters of the right of the people to keep and bear arms must support that right for ineligible persons as well or else they cannot truly support the 2nd Amendment. Does 1st Amendment support extend to falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater? Does it extend to support for slander and libel? If not why?

As krispos said, there is a point to where you forfeit your rights and committing a felony and being convicted through due process is that point. Felons are not allowed to be in the militia. Felons are ineligible for service in the military and any other armed service. I do not support the NRA's right wing rhetoric and who they associate with at all, but they support the right to keep and bear arms for law abiding citizens. That has been a consistent stance of theirs. Felons are not law abiding citizens. To try and pigeon hole them into that position is a stretch in logic.