Monday, March 07, 2005

Ex-Convicts Voting, II

As I wrote last Saturday, I think that convicted felons who have completed their sentences should have the right to vote. Paul Mirengoff of Powerline directs us an e-mailer who responded to such proposals:

What's next? Will they insist on armed robbers obtaining gun permits or child molesters being allowed to become public school teachers.

This is a tired argument oft repeated against ex-convicts voting, and it's a false analogy. Letting child molestors teach school or bank robbers own guns would constitute a direct threat to public safety. Would someone explain to me how letting a person vote is a physical threat to the public?

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