Jelly Roll says lifelong gun ban as a felon should have 'path to redemption,' wants right to hunt back

Jelly Roll is planning to plead with the government to allow him to own a rifle so he can hunt.

The country star appeared on the "Joe Rogan Experience" and discussed the terms of his parole, which does not allow him to own or shoot a firearm.

Rogan asked Jelly Roll if these conditions were "forever," which prompted Jelly Roll to explain that he's up for a pardon this month.

"Well, this is interesting. This is a slippery slope for me. I am up for a pardon this year. My paperwork has been sent to my governor and he considers pardons every December. So every day, I'm just kind of praying," Jelly Roll began.

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Even if Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee gave Jelly Roll a pardon, "Tennessee has a zero forgiveness policy for violent offenders," he explained.

"So, I would be pardoned, but I wouldn't be exonerated. The charges aren't completely gone," he said.

Jelly Roll went on to explain his plan if he does get pardoned.

"My goal is that I want to reach out to legislation eventually and go, 'Hey, if nothing else, I'd like my right to hunt,'" Jelly Roll said. "It's done a lot for my mental health, it's done a lot for my physical health."

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Jelly Roll told Rogan that there needs to be a "path to redemption" in Tennessee.

"I want to go to them and go, 'Look, I understand if you've ever raped somebody or killed somebody, but I think that every… it should… there should be some path to redemption.' Even if it takes 30 years," Jelly Roll said, calling himself a "redemption guy."

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He admitted that his wish to own a firearm goes beyond his desire to hunt, but he wishes he would be able to protect himself.

"I'm a million dollars plus a year in security. I'd cut that bill in half tomorrow if I had the right to carry," Jelly Roll said.

Rogan chimed in and understood the concerns for public safety, but mentioned that Christianity is a big believer in redemption — and Jelly Roll is a Christian.

In the 2023 documentary, "Jelly Roll: Save Me," he admitted that he's been to jail 40 times for various offenses. His most serious charge came when he was 16 for aggravated robbery and possession with intent to sell.

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Jelly Roll was tried as an adult and faced up to 20 years in prison, but ended up only serving a little over a year in prison and seven years probation.

"I hadn’t hit my last growth spurt. I was charged as an adult years before I could buy a beer, lease an apartment, get a pack of cigarettes. I feel like the justice system at that point kind of parked me on my only set path," he previously told Billboard.

Trump warns Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro he will ‘be next’ amid drug trafficking rift

President Donald Trump said Colombia's president could be targeted in the same way as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro amid a growing rift between the two leaders over the export of illegal drugs to the United States and its military presence in the region.

Trump was speaking with reporters in the Oval Office when he was asked about Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who has been a vocal critic of U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean.

Trump was asked whether he had spoken with Petro — whom he has called an "illegal drug dealer," as he previously did with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

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"He's been fairly hostile to the United States," Trump said. "I haven't given him a lot of thought."

"He's going to have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up," he added. "He better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's going to be next."

Trump noted that Colombia is a "major" drug producer and helps import narcotics into the U.S.

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Petro has been a fierce critic of Trump amid the strikes in the Caribbean. In November, he called Trump a "barbarian" days after ordering his country’s security forces to stop sharing intelligence with the U.S. until Washington halts its military operations in the region.

On Sunday, Petro said many of the people killed during the U.S. strikes were "poor fishermen, some who out of necessity make short cocaine trips for the narcos."

He further criticized Trump for issuing a pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years last year for helping move tons of cocaine into the U.S.

"The U.S. is mistaking its allies. Its allies cannot be the narcos," Petro wrote.

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