I say the only reason you are putting a person in jail for a felony is because they have committed a violent, horrible crime. And Tamara has it exactly right-if you're good enough to get out of jail, then I assume you are working, paying taxes and all that like the rest of us. If not, we'll get back to you with a remedy...
One of the biggest beefs the colonials had against the king was taxation without representation, which means, and is slowly coming around, that you cannot deny a felon the right to vote once they have served their time.
You don't have to commit a felony to be denied the right to own a firearm-spank your kid and let the wrong person see it and you will have to give up your firearms, too.
Pot possession is a misdermeanor, but watch that Federal form on the question of drug abuse-its still illegal federally, so they have you on a misdermeanor drug charge and falsefying a federal document. That-I believe is a felony.
Keep pointing your fingers at all the others you don't agree with and you're gonna be like the bird hunter one day-shocked that the government is going to take their scattergun, but then they never lifted a finger for the black gun crowd, the rifle crowd, the handgun crowd......kind of like the 1930's German Jew.
The deal is, IMO, the second amendment applies to everyone-not just the priviledged or the wealthy or the powerful. Committ a violent deliberate crime with a gun-we should be able to shoot you off the porch of the court house with it.