The more records unsealed and the more guns taken from inappropriate licensees -- especially ones unqualified to police the rest of us -- the happier I will be. Yeah, I love my 2A rights, but if I ever f*ck up like Harry Wareham and an obvious number of people who post here, then I'd kiss those rights goodbye.
We don't know what Wareham did or didn't do. I'm open to argument on violent offenses. However, there are plenty of disqualifying offenses that are quite minor that I find ridiculous applied to adults recently convicted, let alone children who committed the offense decades ago.
Also, there's the ex post facto issues for people who took plea bargains to avoid a trial before these prohibitions were in place. They thought they were getting away with a minor punishment only to have their gun rights taken away later. Pleading guilty to something you didn't do is perfectly rational when the consequences are less than those of going to trial. Coming back and changing the deal later is unfair.
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