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jmowreader

(50,557 posts) Sat Dec 16, 2017, 04:47 PM Dec 2017

What to get the man who has everything...

...including a felony conviction.

We print papers seven days a week so my job has two people doing it: me Saturday to Tuesday, and another person Wednesday thru Friday. (We have other work for her to bring her up to 40 hours, so it’s good.) Last night she needed off, so I went in to work.

All our papers have “gift ideas” sections. In one of them, two ads stood out.

The first was for a marijuana store in Ephrata, WA. Not only do they have $5 grams and $90 “happy ounces” (yes, you would be happy to get a whole ounce of quality weed in your stocking) but they’ll be open on Christmas Day just in case.

Then was the law office whose Xmas special is $200 off the flat fee for restoration of your gun rights. (The ad with all the guns in it gets inserted.)

“All I want for Christmas is my gun rights back” never really occurred to me...

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What to get the man who has everything... (Original Post) jmowreader Dec 2017 OP

You can lose your rights for other things, not just felonies. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #1

at one point in life onethatcares Dec 2017 #2

Marijuana use, also. sl8 Dec 2017 #3

I like One-Stop Shopping JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #4

There is nothing "sort of" about a DD being a felony jmowreader Dec 2017 #5

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)

1. You can lose your rights for other things, not just felonies.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 05:58 PM

Dec 2017

Dishonorable discharge (which is a "sort of" felony)
Restraining orders.
Being ever found legally mentally defective or been committed to a mental institution.
Probably others.

The "committed to a mental institution" thing is troublesome. As if nobody "gets better".

The $200 coupon is a cheap stocking stuffer. Better to give a receipt showing you paid the lawyer's flat fee for the giftee, along with a nice ankle holster wrapped in a bow.

Edit to add: This is probably not a Lounge topic. Now, if you want to discuss what brand of scotch to put in that stocking ...

onethatcares

(16,168 posts)

2. at one point in life

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 06:16 PM

Dec 2017

Alaska state rights superceded federal regulations(non violent offense) and I was allowed to possess firearms.Then they changed the law and retroacively took away that right.

Ain"t nothing like standing next to a counter and having the salesperson tell you "no".

sl8

(13,779 posts)

3. Marijuana use, also.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 06:25 PM

Dec 2017

Maybe the the advertisers could get together on some sort of bundled special.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)

4. I like One-Stop Shopping

Reply to sl8 (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 06:47 PM

Dec 2017

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)

5. There is nothing "sort of" about a DD being a felony

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 07:42 PM

Dec 2017

The two worst discharges, the Bad Conduct and Dishonorable, are only issued as part of a court-martial sentence. A Dishonorable can only be issued by a general court-martial, and you REALLY have to work at it to commit a crime bad enough for them to go to the trouble of convening a general court-martial. The Special Court-Martial can give you up to a year in jail, forfeiture of pay for a year and a bad conduct discharge. Since a BCD will ruin your life about as well as a DD, unless you killed someone, raped someone, committed blackmarketing in Korea or you're an officer they want to cashier, they'll prefer a special court-martial instead.

I knew of a troop in the engineers when I was at Fort Drum who received a special court-martial and all he did was intentionally run over his lieutenant with a Humvee. The guy lived and didn't get hurt too bad, but you still can't do things like that.

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