[Matman]

Its stops where ever the government and the American people want it to stop....there is a big difference between owning a gun which people who shouldn't own still do anyways.....holding public office is up to the voters...and high security level jobs is up to the people that hire....a person has done their time and have been let back out into the real world....maybe certain crimes committed shouldn't have their voting rights back, but i don't think broad sweeping them all into one category is right either.....they are living free in American society and should have a say in how that society governs...if they are free then why shouldn't they get that right back? or should they have never been released to begin with?

They aren't all in one big category. They are seperated by what the government deamed felony crimes. You say the jobs should be up to the people that hire. Well that would work if were talking about a small business. But what about the nations biggest employer , the US Government. They can't hire so leisurely. They have to have laws and rules to go by. The prison time is not the only punishment. They loose rights too.