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Does that not then point to a problem with our punishment system? Do you think a gun law can fix that by denying people who are willing to break the law with another law?
Now what does the constitution say about that? Does it exclude any citizen?
Your own words show the reason "fear". Does any section of the constitution read unless they are feared?
When we start making excuses to breech the constitution we are done. The chance of such a law working to keep guns out of peoples hands is zero. It also will not rehabilitate them.
PS There is no law that can do that.
Sure, there's a problem with our punishment system. It doesn't rehabilitate very eell, as you've mentioned. However, putting people in jail for a crime they've committed will keep those people from getting a gun and using it in a crime for as long as they are locked up.
If your point is that the Constitution doesn't allow us to withhold rights from felons once they've been released from prison, that's are different argument. Currently, though, it is the law that felons cannot own guns. Until that is changed, I hold that locking up felons who knowingly try to purchase a gun through legal or illegal means is the right thing to do.