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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=109125110-20072008>In an interesting
twist on the recent supreme court ruling. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=109125110-20072008>"Twice convicted of
felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law
barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns
and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=textBodyBlack itxtvisited="1"><SPAN id=byLine itxtvisited="1"></SPAN>As
a defense, Barton and several other defendants in federal gun cases argue that
last month's Supreme Court ruling allows them to keep loaded handguns at home
for self-defense."</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=109125110-20072008>If owning
guns for self-defense is a true constitutional right then how can we
logically prohibit ex-felons from owning them without saying we are suspending
their constitutional rights permanently after they have already paid their debt
to society?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=109125110-20072008>I'm not trying to
stir up the gun hornet's nest again but this raises a broader question of
whether ex-felons after paying their debt to society are guaranteed the same
constitutional rights as everyone else.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=109125110-20072008>Ironically is this
going to put the NRA on the same side in court as the
ex-felons?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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