Scott, there is a great deal of difference between "a good idea" and "a good right". The two don't necessarily go hand in hand. Unless you can somehow take away the villiage idiot's citizenship (which happens to prisoners) then he still has a right to keep and bear arms. If you don't take away his citizenship the chances are he will run for president.
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