[Chunky Monkey]

Trust me I have first-hand knowledge of being offered a second chance. I took that second chance and have changed my ways. I am now a better father, husband, and human being. In someways getting in trouble made me a better person.

So I'm not opposed to a second chance to re-obtain rights to own firearms after probation, community service, etc. (just like DUI). The thing that makes this different is that it is illegal. Even though it was a little amount. What if it was only a little amount of crack, coke, heroin, meth, would you feel the same.

Further, if the following is true, then that worries me more about the individual owning a firearm, than having been caught with a little pot.

Hobson Lyle McKown, of 592 Pierson Drive, Ferguson Township, was due in court to face summary charges of harassment, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct at 4 p.m. Tuesday, but in the hours leading up to the hearing, his strange behavior led court staff to think he was armed, according to court documents.

I don't know all the particulars of this case but people with tempers and short fuses that fly off the handle scare me. Especially when I think that they may be carrying a weapon. It's not my position to judge someone. But I do feel they should be afforded a second chance, if they earn it!

If I could I would just tell the individual in question that if you get another chance, TAKE IT! None of that crap is more important than the feeling of freedom (i.e., someone telling you what to do, not do, and especially that you cannot have a gun).

GOOD LUCK