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Update: Failed Permit to Purchase, passed NICS
Jito463:
--- Quote from: Mntnman on January 26, 2016, 09:42:37 PM ---This is why I don't agree with felons having their rights denied.
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I would concur, except for with violent offenders. Though I wouldn't be averse to there being a process for even them to reinstate their rights. In my opinion, if you've committed violence against another person, you've squandered your rights and proved yourself unworthy to possess them.
--- Quote from: itaintezbnrich on April 17, 2018, 09:52:59 AM ---Update: I didn't rush anything. I waited a couple of years and obtained a background check from the FBI. From what was shown in that background check, I was able to write a letter to accompany my second attempt at applying for a Permit to Purchase. I subsequently received my Nebraska Permit to Purchase yesterday.
Thank you to everyone on this board who responded previously. Thanks goes to the defense attorney that gave me some advice free of charge. If anyone has any further concerns, please voice them. If anyone has any questions, feel free to post or DM.
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Congratulations! It's always gratifying to hear of someone successfully fighting for their Constitutional rights.
Mntnman:
--- Quote from: Jito463 on April 25, 2018, 01:10:08 PM ---I would concur, except for with violent offenders. Though I wouldn't be averse to there being a process for even them to reinstate their rights. In my opinion, if you've committed violence against another person, you've squandered your rights and proved yourself unworthy to possess them.
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I don't agree. If a dangerous person is going to use a weapon to commit another crime, breaking another law does nothing to prevent them from doing so. What happens is all of those who are no longer a threat are denied a basic, natural right unless they want to chance not getting caught. Once you have fulfilled your sentence (time and parole) you should be made whole. If you are enough of a threat to society, you should still be incarcerated. I personally know good people who got in trouble again unintentionally or been unable to continue their outdoor passions just because they have been made a felon.
Possession of any weapon alone should not be illegal. The 2A should be enough for that. Check this out:
--- Quote from: Dalamar on April 25, 2018, 07:54:52 PM ---Saw this while looking for something unrelated. Plain text interpretation of Bottolfson case? Hate legal speak.
"One must be careful when conceal carrying any type of knife in Nebraska, even if the blade is less than 3 ½ inches long. This is because in 2000, the Nebraska Supreme Court found, in State v. Bottolfson, that a knife with a blade less than 3 ½ inches long could still be a “dangerous instrument capable of inflicting cutting, stabbing, or tearing wounds” and therefore illegal to conceal carry. Whether any particular knife should be considered such a dangerous instrument is a question left to the jury at trial, which means that you could be arrested and tried for conceal carrying any knife with a blade less than 3 ½ inches long."
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Look how easy your life could be ruined just because you have a tool in your pocket. I am not talking hypothetical, people are suffering because of laws that do more harm than good. When we allow exceptions to protecting our rights, we provide a path to the elimination of them.
Jito463:
--- Quote from: Mntnman on April 25, 2018, 08:35:30 PM ---If you are enough of a threat to society, you should still be incarcerated.
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While I can understand this mindset, I can't agree with it. How many times has the system failed and released a dangerous person back onto the streets too early? Our "justice" system is almost anything but.
--- Quote from: Mntnman on April 25, 2018, 08:35:30 PM ---Look how easy your life could be ruined just because you have a tool in your pocket. I am not talking hypothetical, people are suffering because of laws that do more harm than good. When we allow exceptions to protecting our rights, we provide a path to the elimination of them.
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I'm right there with you, for the most part. I just take exception to those who have abused their freedoms and used them to violate the rights of others.
SunsetSig:
Nikko Allen Jenkins is a reason not to restore Second Ammendment rights.
Jito463:
--- Quote from: SunsetSig on April 26, 2018, 12:52:33 PM ---Nikko Allen Jenkins is a reason not to restore Second Amendment rights.
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I had to look him up, but you're right. He's a perfect example of why I don't put any faith in the "justice" system to keep the violent offenders in prison.
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