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"Convicted Felon Sues State Over Right To Bear Arms"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this notable press story sent to me by a helpful reader.  Here is how the piece starts: A Franklin man is suing the state of Tennessee for not honoring a pardon allowing him the right to bear arms. David Scott Blackwell received a felony charge for drug possession in 1988, when he was 20 years old. "I was young and dumb and moved from a small town in Mississippi and got involved with the wrong crowd in Atlanta," said Blackwell. "I'd sold some cocaine to an undercover officer. Boom - I went to prison, went to jail." After serving his sentence and earning a bachelor's degree in nursing, the father said he petitioned the state of Georgia for a pardon, including the restoration of the right to bear arms, which was granted on August 11, 2003...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).