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Conservatives Would Let Felons Vote and Pack Heat
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Feb 09, 2015 08:23pm |
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Category | Perspective |
Author | Tim Mak |
News Date | Monday, February 9, 2015 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | Conservatives say they'll support a liberal plan to enfranchise felons only if ex-cons can have their guns back, too.
It’s an idea so incredibly crazy it just might work: Restoring voting rights to non-violent felons—if they get back their right to own guns, too.
For some tough-on-crime conservatives, the right to bear firearms is a right that is as fundamental as the right to vote. Capitalizing on this sentiment, the strategy goes, could lead to a larger compromise on felons’ rights.
“If someone asked me if I would rather vote for mayor or have a gun, I’d rather have a gun,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform and a signatory to the conservative Right on Crime criminal justice reform coalition. |
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