Jeffery Epstein Tried Repeatedly to Get Gun Rights Restored After Prison

Most people who have been convicted of a felony know that, at least for a while, getting their gun rights restored is kind of a forlorn hope. Even before Democrats gutted the ATF’s system for gun rights restoration, people didn’t just walk out of prison and, within a few years, get their rights back. That’s never going to happen without some massive changes that are about as likely as Sydney Sweeney confessing her undying desire for my body.

Ain’t gonna happen.

But notorious human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein seemed to think there was a way, because according to The Reload’s Stephen Gutowski, the Epstein files contain a lot of evidence of him trying.

In the decade between his release from jail after his first sex crime and his second arrest for child sex trafficking, Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly pursued increasingly desperate plans for regaining his ability to own guns.

A Reload analysis of the Epstein Files found numerous occasions where Epstein asked his lawyers and government officials how he could bypass or overcome the legal prohibition against him possessing guns. At various points, he explored obtaining a court order, seeking a pardon, and pursuing rights restoration processes in at least two jurisdictions. As public outrage turned back toward the light sentence he negotiated in 2008 and allegations of his continued abuse of hundreds of underage girls mounted, Epstein’s focus on obtaining a gun escalated.

“Jeffrey epstein . I hereby grant a full’ pardon restoring gun r=ghts civil rights. and removing all restrictions usvi requireme=ts or any local consequence that flowed from the conviction 10 years. ago i= the state of florida? section and section..; He served his sentence and since has had no violations,” is part of the message Epstein told his lawyer to include in a letter to the governor of the US Virgin Islands on the day before the Miami Herald published its landmark investigation of the sweetheart deal he secured for his 2008 sex crime.

The emails uncovered by The Reload provide further insight into the notorious sex trafficker’s relationship with firearms as well as his network of affiliates in and outside the government. The latest revelations come after The Reload uncovered evidence that Epstein agreed to shooting trips with rich and powerful men from when he was still serving his 2008 felony sentence right up until his 2019 arrest, despite knowing he was prohibited from possessing firearms. The newest information also comes after we revealed discussions he had with billionaire Hyatt-Hotels heir Tom Pritzker about buying a major gun distributor following the Sandy Hook shooting and previously unknown personal connections between him, co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, and billionaire gun-control activist Michael Bloomberg.

Honestly, everyone knew that Epstein was a creep who was likely engaged in a whole lot more than he’d been convicted of. Powerful people seemed to overlook that way too often for comfort, which was bad enough.

However, he legitimately figured that he was powerful enough to sway the governor of the US Virgin Islands to grant him a full restoraion of his gun rights, simply because he hadn’t been caught doing anything wrong for a handful of years.

The man was an unmitigated monster, even by some of the most conservative accounts of his activities, and he legitimately thought he should have his gun rights restored simply because he had connections? 

Meanwhile, people who were accused of bouncing a check that was too big, and who have not just kept their noses clean for far longer but actually done a lot of good since then, are having to challenge federal law in hopes that they might get their rights back.

The only thing that doesn’t completely destroy my faith in a just God is that it never happened.

Still, he apparently thought it was a viable enough option to explore, while most people know it’s not worth the time.

Of course, there were also discussions of a gun safe in Epstein’s home on the island, though it appears it was for the storage of guns for security employees to use, which may or may not be legal.

All in all, this just hits all kinds of wrong. 

It also seems that at least some of his attorneys had enough sense to know this wasn’t likely to happen, but that doesn’t make me feel any better about Epstein’s connections. Unless he was delusional–and I mean this in a medical sense–the only reason he’d think he could make this happen was that so many of his connections had smoothed things over for him in the past.

Editor’s Note: The radical left will stop at nothing to enact their radical gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights.

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