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Jelly Roll wants his rights restored, especially 2nd Amendment. What say you?

Yes unless they are mental

Federal convictions through US District court are usually the only ones that can’t be expunged.
In Indiana there are a couple like any type of sex offense or corruption cant but all other felonies can be and it’s not been an issue.

My take and I worked in some type of LE for going on 40 years and DOJ alone for 20 plus.

If they are safe enough to walk the street and are off supervised release yjen they should be able to own a gun, vote etc. if they can’t be trusted or the crimes so heinous then they should be behind bars and never get out.

I have much less concern with a felon that is a felon because he embezzled a certain amount of money getting his rights back after he served his time than I do sex offenders being released

I mean yea they deserve a prison sentence but again if they can be trusted to walk among us .
If they keep messing up yjen simple they are kept after the next time or two on serious felonies for life!
 
Annihilator said:
Well, my thoughts are once a felon always a felon……I worked enough around them……some never change no matter what they say
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Congratulations, you fell for the Democrat’s basis for Jim Crow laws, which also is what grabbers want to use to make everyone into a felon in order to effectively have complete civilian disarmament and for all to rely on the state (communism).

Also, he is asking for rights back rather than just being like every other felon with a gun, remember that “gun control” doesn’t really stop felons from getting firearms… Hence my first statement is the DNC’s game plan for disarmament and the destruction of the US Constitution.
 
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GPS said:
Congratulations, you fell for the Democrat’s basis for Jim Crow laws, which also is what grabbers want to use to make everyone into a felon in order to effectively have complete civilian disarmament and for all to rely on the state (communism).

Also, he is asking for rights back rather than just being like every other felon with a gun, remember that “gun control” doesn’t really stop felons from getting firearms… Hence my first statement is the DNC’s game plan for disarmament and the destruction of the US Constitution.
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Until your work around them, I suggest you keep your incoherent blabbering to yourself, you just come on here acting like you know everything about nothing…..
 
Annihilator said:
Until your work around them, I suggest you keep your incoherent blabbering to yourself, you just come on here acting like you know everything about nothing…..
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Ah, so you’re one of them… How about if someone is a danger to society they’re kept in prison, if they can be released, then they probably should get their rights back. Blanket policies are dumb, and your defense of them is even dumber. Jelly Roll poses no harm to others, and should be granted his rights back, much like many others. Go lick boots elsewhere, statist… Just because someone is a felon does not mean they pose a risk to others, and those that do pose a risk to others shouldn’t be released (I’m a strong proponent of the death penalty for those who are a danger to society.) I guarantee that I am far more intelligent than you, so my sincerest apologies that you don’t understand, but incoherent is not a description of me.

The blanket term of felon is a Jim Crow era relic to strip rights from people, and did not exist during the founding of this nation. The democrats created it and continue to use it against gun owners because they brought in a standard capacity magazine from a free state.

I would think Martha Stewart can be trusted with a firearm by the way, and she is a felon. Look up why she’s a felon, and then tell me that she’s a violent criminal who should be stripped of her rights.
 
I don't know enough about Jelly Roll's case to comment intelligently (not that's ever stopped me before) but I think there should be a mechanism in place for a convicted felon to petition to have their civil rights restored. I mean they should have to prove that they're reformed but it absolutely should be in place.

When John Wesley Hardin was released from prison the warden handed him his gun back on his way out the gate.

If I understand it right prior to the 1968 gun control Act a convicted felon parolee could buy a gun on his way home from prison.

I'm not going to say this right but there's no point in restricting a convicted felons rights under the Second Amendment if you're never ever ever ever ever ever going to prosecute a felon that you find in possession of a firearm anyway
 
To me, it’s a slippery slope. I recently read an article where the emphasis was, to paraphrase, “where in the USC, 2A are the words “unless you are a felon” or “only law abiding citizens” written?”

Many here and in other gun forums jump all over previous decisions to limit provisions of 2A (rules for possessing SBRs, suppressors, for just two examples). So how do you unpack that the 2A is fully about the right “of the people”, no indication of “law abiding citizens” only getting 2A rights?

I am inclined to lean toward a belief that those engaging in crimes of real violence, (arrested, prosecuted or not) are not of the “right mind” to possess/carry firearms. All those firearms do in those hands is provide a way to rise to that violent conduct faster and with likely much deadlier
consequences.

I’m not pretending to have an answer. In the question posited by the OP, I think the guy needs to follow whatever rules his State has for reinstating rights. What that process dictates in the end is what the answer should be, celebrity or not.

Would we even be having this discussion if this was an unknown convicted violent criminal, especially if it concerned a person of color?
 
ok, so i had to look up the state of TN laws on the books.

"In Tennessee, Aggravated Robbery (T.C.A. § 39-13-402) is a serious Class B felony (8-30 years prison, up to $25k fine) that occurs when a robbery involves a deadly weapon or something appearing as one, or causes serious bodily injury; it's more severe than standard robbery but less than Especially Aggravated Robbery, which adds both a weapon and serious injury and becomes a Class A felony (15-60 years). "
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so, sorry, but i just do not want to see ANYONE get their gun rights back, not just this guy who is now a star in the music world.

tough for me to say..??

a resounding...NO

once the rights of a con are taken away, i do not believe they should EVER be returned.

FAFO, and we have to cow down and restore their rights..>??

what about the victims rights...???

don't they have the right to live out the rest of their lives not worrying about a convict to come after them..???

if one cannot "play by the rules, and stay the straight and narrow", then he/she/it...deserves a life of denials. after release from prison.
 
I have always felt that if a person did his time , and I mean all of it , and was released back into the public , they should have all of their rights back. I mean if the sentence is for 10 years , they do 10 years . None of this time off for good behavior stuff.

If a person is good enough to be in society they should be good to have all their rights . If they aren't good enough to roam among us with all their rights then they shouldn't be among us.
 
He's "been in jail 40 times for various offenses. His most serious charge came when he was 16 for aggravated robbery and possession with intent to sell". Reading the article sounds like he got off very easy for his crimes. I'd be opposed regardless of how old he was when the crimes were committed or what he's accomplished since.

Perhaps he should have called himself Baklava.
 
Belt Fed said:
Let me guess, this jelly donut guy is a rapper?
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Dr. Google (AI) tells me…
Jelly Roll on the Grammys, Crying and His Rap Past - The New ...

Yes, Jelly Roll was a rapper, but he is now a country singer. He began his career as a Southern rapper and has since transitioned to country music, blending the two genres in his work. He has released numerous albums and gained a significant following in both the hip-hop and country music worlds.
 
In my time I've encountered more than I expected folks that said they were hard-core Christians that treated people very very badly.

Just because JR states he's Christian, and is a very rich celebrity shouldn't mean he now get gets a 2A pass, or any other restriction(s), for past violent criminal behavior.
 
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