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From: lvc@cbnews.cb.att.com (Larry Cipriani)
Subject: Re: I believe in gun control.
Organization: Ideology Busters, Inc.
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1993 21:14:47 GMT
Message-ID: <1993Apr5.211447.23341@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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In article <1993Apr3.221837.2324@news.duc.auburn.edu> bixledn@eng.auburn.edu writes:
>In article 16193@cbnews.cb.att.com, lvc@cbnews.cb.att.com (Larry Cipriani) writes:
>> No, you haven't read it very closely .  It says you may answer "No" if your
>> civil rights have been restored; that can be done either by the feds' or a
>> a state.  I think the feds stopped doing this for those convicted of violent
>> felonies.  At least a dozen states still restore a felons civil rights, some
>> immediately upon release, some after a waiting period.  I will post a list
>> of the states later.
>> 
>
>  A quick question, then Larry, If a person's civil rights have been restored, 
>  then are they still considered a felon?

Good question; I don't know what the law considers them.

>  IMO, if rights have been restored, then it makes sense to me that the
>  record of the felony, and everything else has been purged, and the
>  person in question is no longer a felon.

I believe this is what happens in some states.
-- 
Larry Cipriani -- l.v.cipriani@att.com
