[Futo Inu]

Good questions, all - don't have any answers. Agree that its wrong/dissonant to restore voting rights but not gun rights, as is often the case. Agree that whatever rule is laid down, it should most definitely NOT be in the DISCRETION of a life-appointed federal judge, but rather objectively legislated by statute, as are sentencing guidelines in the federal system. I need to research how this stuff works, because your logic is sound. Only thing is, regardless of whether some dirtbag "deserves" to live at all, it is still ONE viable position to say that the gov't ought not ever take a life (however one comes down on the issue, it's not an absolute axiom that gov't-sanctioned killing is OK).