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1997-07-01 - Re: NRA and National Online Records Check bullshit

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-07-01 12:48:50 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 20:48:50 +0800

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 20:48:50 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NRA and National Online Records Check bullshit
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Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> writes:
> "Convicted Felon" is a permanent legal condition, a title with
> permanent social effects.

Weren't all felonies capital crimes initially?

A hungry little boy convicted of stealing a loaf of bread would hang.

Some time later the felons were given a choice of going to the gallows
or to Australia.

A convicted felon freed after a jail sentence is a fairly recent invention.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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