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Yea, because we need to extent back to them their gun rights. Once they have already proved they cant live in civil society.
I can see the justification with regard to guns and violent felons, though an outright ban on a convicted owning a firearm simply because of a felony conviction has problems Constitutionally. But let's face there are lots of non violent felonies the distinction between a felon and a misdemeanor is getting thinner every day.
As far as voting goes there's really no good reason to restrict any citizen's voting rights.
I don't mind working out some kind of compromise that would restore both gun rights and voting rights to people who have served their sentences for nonviolent crimes.