"It's always too soon to talk about gun control"

[hazard]

Re-reading the thread and just noticed this:

Say what? If you go to prison in the USA, you lose your right to vote?

Is that even Constitutional?

Yes.

The US Constitution notes that one may not be restricted from voting except in cases of rebellion or other crimes. Not all states have such laws, but most do, and the most restrictive tend to be in the American South. Strictly speaking it's unconstitutional if enforcement can be proven to be racially biased or the law was constructed in a racially biased manner, but proving that can be... difficult.

Me, I'd say there's two charges that can result in being disenfranchised; treason and voting fraud. And for elected officials I consider voting for other elected officials without their express permission voting fraud.