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- noun Plural form of
felon .
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Examples
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Employing felons on monitoring or ex felons is always going to be a problem in any job market.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Creative Proposal for Reducing Prison Rape 2010
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Arresting felons is not “unprecedented,” nor is engaging subjects who have barricaded themselves.
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- Justice Harlan, Supreme Court of the United States, in Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85 (1968), recognizing a special and expansive immunity for felons from the National Firearms Act regulation of machine guns (and other assorted firearms and firearms-related devices), and by extension from any firearm registration regime
From Clays archives of historical and interesting thoughts! Read answer number one! 2009
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Seems true by definition, but not very helpful in answering the salient question: who among the non-felons is more likely to commit his first gun crime, the guy with the gun or the guy without one?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Major legal win for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus 2010
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- Justice Harlan, Supreme Court of the United States, in Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85 (1968), recognizing a special and expansive immunity for felons from the National Firearms Act regulation of machine guns (and other assorted firearms and firearms-related devices), and by extension from any firearm registration regime
From Clays archives of historical and interesting thoughts! Read answer number one! 2009
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As I noted upthread when you insisted on being stupid, one principal problem with restoring the vote to felons is restitution — if, for example, some TARP bailout king gets convicted of bilking his investors out of a billion dollars and his felony conviction (ahem) automatically bars him from voting until he pays back every nickel, I dunno as I regard this as an insult to democracy.
Matthew Yglesias » George Will’s Odd Aversion to Democracy 2009
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P.S. On the original question, I agree with Mike & SD, cross-referencing hunting licenses with the list of convicted felons is a great law enforcement tool.
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P.S. On the original question, I agree with Mike & SD, cross-referencing hunting licenses with the list of convicted felons is a great law enforcement tool.
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As I noted upthread when you insisted on being stupid, one principal problem with restoring the vote to felons is restitution — if, for example, some TARP bailout king gets convicted of bilking his investors out of a billion dollars and his felony conviction (ahem) automatically bars him from voting until he pays back every nickel, I dunno as I regard this as an insult to democracy.
Matthew Yglesias » George Will’s Odd Aversion to Democracy 2009
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Seems true by definition, but not very helpful in answering the salient question: who among the non-felons is more likely to commit his first gun crime, the guy with the gun or the guy without one?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Major legal win for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus 2010
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