Spacemanspiff........... I sure hope you understand that has to be a violent or dangerous felony. Can't shoot grandma for selling Avon door-to-door without a canvaseer's license (real FELONY case from Sacramanto, CA).
On a similar note, those of us firearm enthusiasts need to do a lot more to be educated as to what is happening with crimes being designated as 'felonies' and the impact it can have on us. Over the past few decades many, many non-violent, and frankly many non-serious crimes altogether, have been designated as felonies for one of two reasons (perhaps both): 1) Plea bargain extorion (where you are offered a chance to plea guilty to a misdemeanor if you just play ball); and 2) Gee golly, What can't felons do? (Indirect Gun Banning).
There are numerous examples I could give here but will refrain from doing more than a couple at most. The currently accepted definition of a felony is a crime that CAN carry a sentence of more than one year incarceration. Folks are being charged in some jurisdictions with felonies for things like mowing lawns without a lanscaper's license, or an 18-year-old letting his 17-year-old brother take a sip of his beer, or the above mentioned grandma (true case) selling Avon but forgot, or did not know, to get ALL the licenses involved (yes, she had a business license and was paying taxes). The more anti-gun the politicians in any state are the more crimes in that jurisdiction are felonies (go figure - turn everyone into a felon is the ultimate gun control). Benign, non-violent, even things not illegal at all in many other states are felonies in some states. And it also aids in forcing the innocent to plea guilty because who is going to risk a felony conviction when offered a chance to plea to a misdemeanor (even when you are absolutely 100% innocent). So next time you hear someone is a 'felon' try and remember they might have murdered, raped, or robbed someone - or they might have been trying to sell Avon without all the proper licenses.
I think a proper definition of a felony (the way it ought to be) would be a crime that mandates one or more years of actual time served in prison. Frankly, if it was not important enough to ACTUALLY lock the person up for at least a year then it wasn't all that serious now was it. Remember, Martha Stewart is now a felon five times over. BTW, the poster is not a convicted felon though apparently did commit hundreds of felonies while living in California years ago and just did not know it at the time.
Oh and don't even get me started on how easy it is in states like California to get someone put in for an involuntary psych evaluation (go to payphone, call 911 and tell police that your friend John Doe at xxx Street is suicidal) and watch as they can never own a firearm legally again as well even if they are totally vindicated. The anti's are at war with us and we better be aware of their tactics. I know it is hard to talk about these things because people assume you would only be talking about it because you either are a convicted felon or you had been in a psych hospital but the silence is exactly what the anti's rely on. They cannot win otherwise and we are giving them what they need to win which is ignorance and apathy.