Posted: Jan 28, 2013 6:43 pm
The_Metatron wrote:Tell us how this meshes with a background check. "Unjustly convicted", eh? Appeals court is where unjust convictions are reviewed.
Unjust, my ass.
You didn't read the article, did you?
Sometimes appeals fail, and redress is made through pardons. And sometimes overzealous prosecutors up the ante on the charges to make themselves look good in the eyes of the electorate, resulting in unjust convictions. However, even if someone is pardoned, they can still be forbidden to own firearms - thus, the redress system was instituted. Also, some felons have convictions absolutely unrelated to any sort of violence - particularly youthful mistakes of a non-violent, non-drug nature - yet are forbidden from owning firearms for life. Thus, the redress system - governed and supervised by the court, providing due process of law.
Unless you want to assert that the criminal justice system, with it's current process of appeals courts to correct mistakes, is perfect - but in that case, I have reams of evidence to refute that argument.