SayUncle brings up an interesting point. I don't bring it up very often, but my position has long been that if someone has proved themselves so dangerous to society they can't be trusted with possession of a gun then they can't be trusted with a can of gasoline and a book of matches either. Either lock them up and try to keep them from possessing any weapons or let them out where they have access to all types of weapons. Prohibiting them from possession of a firearm just doesn't make any sense to me.