----- Original Message ----- From: "GunCite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:10 PM Subject: [inbox] Re: discussion: is gun registration unconstitutional?
> Clayton Cramer wrote inpart: > "We also know that ex-felons are exempt from mandatory > firearms registration because of Haynes v. U.S., > unless the registration scheme is appropriately > sanitized to prevent this information from being used > for pursuit of the ex-felon. Could an equal > protection argument perhaps be built on top of Haynes > to argue that non-felons deserve the same protection > of the law as ex-felons?..." > > "1. Ex-felons should get their rights to guns back; > or, > > 2. Non-felons should have at least as much protection > from a mandatory registration law as ex-felons. If > it's unfair to penalize ex-felons with loss of voting > rights, it's at least as unfair to penalize non-felons > with potential punishment for failing to register a > gun." > > The above is true, however a casual reader may > incorrectly infer that ex-felons cannot be prosecuted > for possession of an unregistered firearm. Yes, good point. The penalty for ex-felons in possession should be a sufficient punishment--assuming that the threat of punishment was enough to deter criminals.
