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Thursday, January 07, 2010

Federal court recognizes felons' right to vote--what about self-defense?

If, for example, Washington's (and other states'?) justice system unfairly targets minorities, in that non-whites are convicted of felonies at a higher rate than equally criminal white offenders, minorities are unfairly penalized not only in electoral power, but in legal self-defense. I am not, of course, arguing that inmates should be permitted to possess weapons in prison (the whole idea of incarceration, after all, is denial of freedom, so while locked up, they must of necessity be denied the palladium of liberty). [More]
That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Give it a look?

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