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Related: About this forumIs it just me or is anyone else mystified on why...
...one guy who became a felon for writing a bad check for maybe $900 can be excluded from owning a gun but another guy who became a felon through securities fraud involving 5 to 50 times more money has no issues at the gun store?
There just seems to be a disconnect here.
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Is it just me or is anyone else mystified on why... (Original Post)
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Sep 2015
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ileus
(15,396 posts)1. 1%ers rule.....and some here want to give them even more power.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,578 posts)4. Daniel Webster on power
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/35505.html
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)2. yep, money talks
and some are more equal than others. That is why some are not busted and in jail for breaking the DC gun laws.
virginia mountainman
(5,046 posts)8. Yep, Terry McAuliffe
The governor of Virginia, made a trip to DC, the other day, to push for gun control....
......Him and his ARMED guards......
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)3. Who is it? Link?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,578 posts)5. One percenters mostly
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/921
18 U . S . C . § 921(a)...
(20) The term "crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" does not include:
--(A) any Federal or State offenses pertaining to antitrust violations, unfair trade practices, restraints of trade, or other similar offenses relating to the regulation of business practices, or
--(B) any State offense classified by the laws of the State as a misdemeanor and punishable by a term of imprisonment of two years or less.
What constitutes a conviction of such a crime shall be determined in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the proceedings were held. Any conviction which has been expunged, or set aside or for which a person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of this chapter, unless such pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.
(20) The term "crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" does not include:
--(A) any Federal or State offenses pertaining to antitrust violations, unfair trade practices, restraints of trade, or other similar offenses relating to the regulation of business practices, or
--(B) any State offense classified by the laws of the State as a misdemeanor and punishable by a term of imprisonment of two years or less.
What constitutes a conviction of such a crime shall be determined in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the proceedings were held. Any conviction which has been expunged, or set aside or for which a person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of this chapter, unless such pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)6. There's nothing in there about "securities fraud". n/t
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,578 posts)7. IIRC SEC violations have been covered
Perhaps "fraud" per se is not accurate. I'm not sure.