What Do the Founders and Convicted Felons Have in Common?

By Donna Carol Voss

The Supreme Court gave a convicted felon back his guns, at least long enough to sell them. To be perfectly technical, they voted 9-0 to vacate a lower court ruling that the sale of firearms was equivalent to the possession of firearms, something a convicted felon is not allowed to do.

Tony Henderson was a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2006 when he was busted at work for distributing marijuana. He pleaded guilty, joined the convicted felons club, and promptly surrendered—was required to surrender—his $3,500 worth of firearms to the federal government.

Gun control meet private property rights.

The Supreme Court opted unanimously for private property rights and gun control. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the opinion wherein she upheld Mr. Henderson’s right to sell his guns “so long as the recipient will not allow the felon to exert any influence over their use.”

Sounds good.

A convicted felon is prevented from access to firearms that could hurt someone else. An American citizen is allowed to receive proceeds from the sale of his private property. And the Supreme …read more

Source:: The Blaze