"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Still, "felon" is a pretty broad brush. It's a stretch to worry that
someone found guilty of tax evasion should be prohibited from owning a gun
(don't felons have a right to self-protection?).

The majority of felons belong to a criminal underclass and are engaged in a
variety of illegal activities, as opposed to a dentist in Nebraska whose
criminal career consists of trying to hide income from the IRS by taking
cash payments without receipts. So prohibiting felons from being able to
buy guns is a good way to keep one felon from supplying many others with
weapons (given that most felons are at least semi-professional criminals
acquainted with many other criminals).

Once you have demonstrated that you are willing to commit serious crimes you
lose considerable freedom of action, that was your choice in risking the
consequences of committing such crimes. So no, a felon does not have the
same right to self-defense that you and I do.