[AK] Some Convicted Felons Allowed to Own Guns

Alaska governor signs law restoring gun rights to certain felons convicted of non-violent crimes:

Governor Sean Parnell signed House Bill 408, known as the Second Amendment Rights Restoration Bill, into law on June 22.

The bill signing took place in Palmer at the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen's Range. "Great chance for government to restore rights, rather than taking rights away," said Governor Sean Parnell, R-Alaska.

Alaskan lawmakers created the bill after the US Supreme Court ruled the Second Amendment rights restoration must pass an all-or-nothing test and that state and federal laws must be the same.

The legislation, sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee, states it is now legal for a selected few convicted felons to bear arms. "We tend to turn the screw one way and tend to tighten things, and in the process, we take a lot of liberties away from people," said Rep. Jay Ramras, R-Fairbanks.

The law applies to felons convicted of non-violent crimes, so long as they have completed their time, have had a pardon, fulfilled all the requirements with the state correctional system, or at least ten years after their felony conviction. ...

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