An Army veteran in Texas is fighting
for his Second Amendment rights after learning that a misdemeanor pot
conviction from 1971 has disqualified him from ever owning a gun.
Ron Kelly, who retired from the Army in
1993 after 20 years of service, was recently turned away when he tried
to buy a .22-cal rifle at a Wal-Mart in Tomball, Texas, after a
computerized background check flagged the 42-year-old arrest. The story
was on the front page of the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday.
Kelly said he had forgotten about his minor pot violation from high school — the federal government, on the other hand, has not.
The Army vet spent one night in jail
and was given one year of probation. Though he didn’t realize it at the
time, he was also apparently stripped of his Second Amendment rights for
a lifetime.
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