Do You Have a Second Amendment Right to Vote?

The federal government essentially outsources to state judiciaries, the role of making determinations about whether or not someone is eligible to take advantage of their Second Amendment right. Unfortunately, the stage was set to some degree by the permissive attitude that we have towards disenfranchisement. So keep in mind that it's been customary for states to prevent people from voting who after having been convicted of a felony. The argument was, look, if we can take your life, then surely we can take away some subset of the rights that you possess," he says.