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NC Supreme Ct holds old nonviolent felony no bar to gun rights
Opinion in pdf here, courtesy of reader Carl in Chicago. It's under discussion at the Volokh Conspiracy and by Instapundit. The latter makes a good point about "felony inflation." E.g., if the felony theft level is pegged to $500 (as I believe it was in Arizona's 1977 criminal code reform) ... in 1977 $500 was a lot of money. I was driving a used VW I bought for $600, and filling it with, as I remember, 40 cent a gallon gasoline, and living in a decent $175/month apartment.
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It is noteworthy that the convicted felon had has is right to bear arms restored, and a later law sought to undo the restoration. It is far different from a blanket right of non-violent felons to bear arms. It may be a step towards it, but there is much further to go.
Posted by: Monty at August 29, 2009 03:04 PM