[Joe Smith]

Originally Posted by 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.



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

For me, I would feel the same. I wouldn't do any of them and I think it's completely stupid. But it should be your right to make that decision.





And I agree about that the temper is a bigger issue. Just harder to prove than finding some physical evidence.