If a few felons have been able to join the military, were they trusted with guns?
Were they able to own guns again after honorable discharge?
The debate is not if the military takes felons, they do on occasion and have each year. Last year had at least a dozen felons accepted into the military if not more.
http://www.palmcenter.org/press/dadt/releases/military_enlistment_of_felons_has_doubled
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When I was Recruiting I got one felon in.
Here is the story:
Minor Convicted of larceny in the State of CA for a item under $400. CA law said it was a misdemeanor, but Military Standards deal with all 50 states so any larceny is considered a felony.
He rang up a winter coat for his friend and gave his friend his own employee discount and Meryvns had him arrested and he was charged and convicted with larceny.
He wanted to be a Ranger but Army said no so he chose Infantry so obviously he caries and uses weapons, all soldiers accept Chaplains do.
This waiver took over half a year and he was a minor at the time. All probation time was over, all community service was finished and all fines paid.
This this is the type of felons in the Military. ANY other job would have considered it a misdemeanor. The media would have you believe that rapist and murders are in the Army, that is not the case.
ADD: "Murder and Other Serious Crimes are Allowable Offenses" this is the title of the article. That article is very misleading and inaccurate. The numbers may or may not be correct, but the reasons aren’t. It also talked about the Army letting drug abusers in. MEPS drug tests. MEPS is not run by the Army, it is run by the DOD. MEPS will not clear you medically if you don’t pass a drug test, Army has no say in that what so ever. This is the same for ALL Branches of the Military. If you have a history of any abuse drug, violence, whatever you aren’t passing medical. You can’t even get a shot at a waiver unless MEPS passes you on the waiver or will allow a waiver and they won’t for people on drugs or with drug abuse history. If you do get caught peeing hot there can be a waiver granted. This can only happen after months have passed, you come back and piss clean. but they still won’t grant it if they think you are an abuser
There is allot of good and bad info on the net. You can not take one source and count on it being accurate.
nope, your still a felon after you have been released by the military. Doesn’t matter if its honorable or not. Eric did you take them home?
Whatever. I was a felon when I joined the Army in 2000. I served in Iraq with 3 guns and a rocket launcher.
if they are allowed to join they will have guns
unless the felonies were vacated from their record, they would still be flagged when applying for a firearm
it would be no different than a vet who commits a felony after being discharged.
Are you tellin that if they are resigning,they can carry guns??then maybe if they have a gun license.
no ,
till they don’t get in millitary training,
thank you,
have a nice life
there are lots of felons doing all sorts of jobs…..ranging from the police to school teachers. they have obviously served their time so leave em alone, they’ve paid their debt.
depends on the degree of felon
Convicted felons are not allowed in the military and have not been allowed in for decades. It’s pure Hollywood that felons can enter the military; it just does NOT happen.
It’s occasionally possible to secure a waiver for misdemeanor convictions that don’t involve crimes of moral turpitude or drug or alcohol related offenses or domestic abuse or domestic violence, but FELONS are barred from military service outright.
If one managed to hide his conviction and successfully enlist it would not make his possession of weapons legal. And his possession of weapons would be a crime in and of itself, regardless of the fact that they were issued to him by the military.
I know of men, who in past wars and conflicts, were used by the military for their specialized skills, with a condition of pardon or leniency of their sentence. In these cases, of pardon, it would have to be stipulated.
Right before Christmas the Army recruiter was here at my house for my nephew and we were talking about this subject. He said with budget cuts that the company they were using allowed 25 people with records got in, the Army found out and they were discharged. I hope they got a new contract with another company. I was in the Navy and i know they do a criminal back ground check, i went through extra to get my security clearance, also because i was not born in the US.
There may be ways to get a waiver for certain stuff they did but i cant see how a felon could accomplish that.