gun guru Volokh - prior arrest data for homicide offenders from: Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 1998:
81% of all homicide defendants have at least one arrest on their record. does not deny gun rights in itself, infrequently does.
He is a libertarian law professor, probably not a gun guy.
66% have two or more arrests. does not deny gun rights in itself (need conviction)
67% have at least one felony arrest. does not deny gun rights in itself - "
56% have 2 or more felony arrests. does not deny gun rights, unless conviction
70% have at least one conviction. includes propcrime & whitecollar crime.
54% have at least one felony conviction. includes propcrime & whitecollar crime.
Of course those are only the ones solved.
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/crime/unsolved-murder-rate-increasing
-- offset by the nra backed fopa1986 law which prohibits gunowners from losing their alleged 'gun rights' unless there is a conviction for a prior violent felony (aggrasslt, robb, murder, rape, arson).
Do you want Canadian style gun laws or not? The NRA introduced a law that would make the US more like Canada in one small way, yet you object. Either way, even if you did 18 months for a bag of pot 35 years ago, you are still a prohibited person.
Thus the 54% figure volukh cites above is the high end of murderers having a prior conviction, but, since 54% includes propcrime & whitecollar crime convictions which often won't disallow 'gunrights' or restoration thereof, the 54% figure is surely lower, perhaps by half, meaning only ~25% - 40% of murderers were disallowed gun rights based upon prioir convictions. MOST GUNCRIME IS DONE BY WHAT THE NRA CONSIDERS LAW ABIDING CITIZENS TO THE MOMENT THEY COMMIT THE CRIME.
using this logic, you are also saying pot possession is a gateway to murder.
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