If a man pays his debt to society, he should have the same rights as everyone else. I could see withholding gun rights if he was still on parole or something like that.

Treating people like 2nd class citizens or monsters is a big reason why many reoffend. If you expect more of people then they will live up to it.

Why shouldn’t they be?

Hey, you're super cool, awesome and handsome. Here's $20.

We treat our ex-cons as second class citizens and somehow expect them all to become upstanding members of society. A double standard I’ve never really understood.

Not defending Gerhard, (I don’t know enough about him) but non-violent should not lose their rights permanently, think Martha Stewart, or MA OUI law 2.5yrs. Welfare benefits, anything that carries over two years, even if never enforced makes a person federally prohibited

As they should. Once you do you time in prison your time should be over. You are allowed to become a citizen again and that includes all the constitutional protections one is afforded as a United States citizen.

I disagree. We need fewer guns, not more. I'll leave it at that

Voting makes sense - violent felons having access to weapons seems like something quite different.

There's no law that says that. ATF form 4473 asks whether you are an "unlawful user of, or addicted to" marijuana, etc. It doesn't say anything about a MMJ card. You can have a card and not use marijuana, and you can use marijuana and not have a card. They're not related.

>Ex-Felon

>guns and explosives for anti-government standoff

NH state representatives sure are a fun bunch.

Of course.

To use a phrase, "i think the juice is worth the squeeze."

The number of regular people who would be helped by this bill outweighs individuals that might use this as an opportunity to reoffend.

I ask that you look past this one person and judge the bill on its own merit. Returning rights back to people after they completed their punishment.

Class B felonies, simple possession of small amounts of drugs, theft under 1k but more than $500. Not necessarily hardened criminals who want to make the world worse, but people who maybe made a mistake, had one bad moment in their life and are being punished indefinitely for it.

It should be as easy for a convicted felon to get a firearm as it is for the average person to adopt a child.

You can look into Jim Rosenberg w/ Shaheen & Gordon, they have an office in Manchester. It will not be cheap and you will likely feel you are being treated the same way but they get results.

How does one become an ex felon, is it not a lifetime title?

Don't commit a felony and they won't be?

Big NOPE from me

How do people like this get elected?

No need for answers. It's low information MAGAts

I’m introducing a law that mandates everybody who sees me say that I’m super cool and awesome and handsome and also they have to pay me 20 dollars each time.

Ohio is telling people at ground zero to return home, it's all good, yes? What can those residents do?

Seems like a bad, self-motivated idea.

Do you think Jason Gerhard should be legally allowed to buy guns?

Oh, that's nice.

Of course a cop wouldn’t know the difference between your and you’re

It can't just stay there forever, can it? It would either dilute into the atmosphere or fall on the ground or something. Where's the bulk of it going? (Perhaps you answered and I didn't understand it).