Without looking, (yeah, bad idea) I always thought that it was written somewhere that if you commit certain crimes, you become prohibited from owning firearms for life. Sometimes voting rights too. So that makes it a law, and is part of the punishment for committing certain crimes, in addition to serving any prison time. Just because you finished serving your time, doesn't erase the rest of the punishment. That's the law, now. And there's a procedure for changing the law, but don't expect that to happen with the likes of Diane Feinstein, Corey Booker, Harry Reid and their ilk getting re-elected for a career in politics.
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