Discussion Topic: Should Felons Hunt?
From the Citizen-Times: _Felons who think their criminal past shouldn’t keep them from having the right to hunt are getting...
From the Citizen-Times:
_Felons who think their criminal past shouldn’t keep them from having the right to hunt are getting some attention in the state’s and nation’s capitals.
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_A Western North Carolina business owner told state Rep. Phil Haire his convictions for breaking-and-entering and larceny, stemming from a decades-old theft of copper wire, keep him from hunting.
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_”Some folks make a mistake, and some folks get convicted of felonies, but you know, they can never outlive it as far as being able to own a firearm,” said Haire, a Sylva Democrat.
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The owner’s plight prompted Haire to push for allowing nonviolent felons with a 20-year clean record to hunt with shotguns and rifles.
Make sense to you?