Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
So, if you know of a felon and they posted a picture of killing a deer, on FB, with a rifle.
What would you do? Asking for a friend.
What would you do? Asking for a friend.
No, the ban on possession includes *any* possession or constructive possession, no matter how temporary. Note that the applicable exception to (d)(5) and (g)(5) is:
Exceptions.--Subsections (d)(5)(B), (g)(5)(B), and (s)(3)(B)(v)(II) do not apply to any alien who has been
lawfully admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa, if that alien is--
(A) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or sporting purposes or is in possession of a hunting license or permit lawfully issued in the United States;
Now, it also depends on where the tourist is from. Some tourist aliens are admitted to the United without any visa if they meet the requirements of the visa waiver program. See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visa-waiver-program.html If you are admitted without any visa, then the bar on possession does not apply to you at all.
You forgot Hollywood celebrities.
I guess it's a good thing there have been major advances in artificial intelligence in the past 10 years because it's getting to the point where I will need to be carrying a lawyer with me at all times if I want to remain a firearms owner. It would be handy to have a portable, real-time legal advisor AI that runs on a smart phone, monitors the video and audio around me, and alarms when I'm about do do something against any Federal, state, or municipal law. I can't imagine it would have long battery life given our ever growing body of complicated, interacting laws.
The law does not classify black powder/ muzzle loaders as firearms
That’s a big no. Possession covers physical access. So yeah, renting would be possession. It would not be a transfer.
You can own a gun and be a felon, but you cannot have possession of constructive possession. So I can buy a gun and an FFL could hold it for me for example...but I can’t take possession of it.
Just like if you become a prohibited person. The state doesn’t suddenly own your guns. They might seize them, but you can absolutely legally have some non-prohibited person take possession of them (so long as they won’t transfer them back to you).
I guess it's a good thing there have been major advances in artificial intelligence in the past 10 years because it's getting to the point where I will need to be carrying a lawyer with me at all times if I want to remain a firearms owner. It would be handy to have a portable, real-time legal advisor AI that runs on a smart phone, monitors the video and audio around me, and alarms when I'm about do do something against any Federal, state, or municipal law. I can't imagine it would have long battery life given our ever growing body of complicated, interacting laws.
I'd probably mind my own businessSo, if you know of a felon and they posted a picture of killing a deer, on FB, with a rifle.
What would you do? Asking for a friend.
If felons can have their right to vote reinstated, then felons can have their right to bear arms reinstated.
If felons can have their right to vote reinstated, then felons can have their right to bear arms reinstated.
So when liberal politicians succeed in giving inmates their right to vote back, will that muddy the waters and open another can of worms?
I've had this discussion several times. When I say felons shouldn't be prohibited from owning guns, people look at me like I'm crazy. They basically say, "It is known" without any further thought.
I always ask if they think the prohibition should be due to ongoing punishment or for public safety. No one thinks it should be punishment. They paid their debt to society, right?
I then ask how it makes anyone safer if the felon is unarmed. "Well, if they lose their mind, they can't shoot anyone." I then ask why they can't stab, run over, blow up, or do any number of bad things to others.
My point is that the person is either safe or not. If he's so dangerous you're worried about him shooting someone, maybe he shouldn't be walking around (even without a legally owned firearm).
It's basically the same argument against red flag laws. How many here are against those but are fine with felons being prohibited from owning guns?
If you're making an argument that prohibition from owning guns should be part of an ongoing punishment, then I can't really argue with you. The argument would hold more weight if the punishment encompassed all civil rights, though.
NO.. rules are a Felon can't even be in a home with a firearm..in fact he cannot legally be in a gun store. He definitely cannot be in a car with a gun..
Repaid debt??? Not hardly.
Until that murderer can bring their victim back to life... or the rapist unrape his victim... or the robber/burglar give the sense of security back to their victims... staying someplace in time out does not repay any debt to society. It merely punished the felon in an attempt to teach them not to do it again. Who ever came up with that repaid debt line... needs to rethink what repayment means.
The renter of a full auto firearm at the range can not be a felon. And AIUI... a shooting range which rents full auto firearms... does so under special ATF rules which allow and heavily restrict the practice. Call the ATF or a full auto range for details.
The sentences handed down by the courts are what we, as a society, have agreed to as the punishment for the crime. Once that punishment has been meted out and completed, an offender is considered to have paid his/her debt to society.
Now you may feel that the penalties are insufficient. And that is your right in this country. And as a citizen you are more than welcome to start a movement to increase them. However, just because you feel they're insufficient doesn't mean everyone else thinks they are.
NO.. rules are a Felon can't even be in a home with a firearm..in fact he cannot legally be in a gun store. He definitely cannot be in a car with a gun..
Maybe someone in Annapolis that knows something elementary about weapons can rewrite the law ...