• meco03211@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The trouble with that is you cannot be deprived of rights without due process. You cannot be guilty of committing a crime with a gun without having gone to trial or plead out. It would be highly unlikely to get some law pushed through that survives both NRA opposition/propaganda and the inevitable SCOTUS case.

    Bail could be used if they still pose a risk, but that's not entirely the point of bail and would also see heavy opposition.

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      1 year ago

      Due process doesn't mean found guilty in a court of law. If that's what it meant then nobody could be held in jail or in police custody even before their trial. If you are booked for a felony, especially one involving a gun, I believe it's perfectly reasonable to have your guns taken temporarily or permanently if you're found guilty of a felony offense.

      • 30mag@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        If you are booked for a felony, especially one involving a gun, I believe it's perfectly reasonable to have your guns taken temporarily or permanently if you're found guilty of a felony offense.

        Federal law prohibits possession of a firearm by an individual who has been indicted for a felony. I think that a judge may prohibit possession of a firearm as a condition of pretrial release for lesser crimes, but that may vary from one state to the next. I am not sure.