Got a state medical marijuana card?

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Got a state medical marijuana card? You’ve just given the government an excuse to come for your guns.

Posted by Bob Owens on February 23, 2014 at 10:25 am

Isn’t it lovely when state laws and federal laws collide, and law enforcement then picks and chooses which conflicting laws to enforce?

A Richland medical marijuana patient recently applied for a Concealed Pistol License, but was denied by police.

Medical marijuana is legal under Washington state law, but the federal government won’t make an exception for that when it comes to getting a Concealed Pistol License.

Richland police sent the medical marijuana patient a letter stating that federal law prohibits anyone who uses a controlled substance from “shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing firearms or ammunition.”

And even if marijuana is legal here, it’s still illegal at the federal level.

When anyone applies for a concealed weapons permit with Richland police, they have to follow these federal restrictions.

This localized incident exposes a much bigger potential legal problem for all gun owners who also have a medical marijuana card, in any jurisdiction. The Richland police cited federal law that denies users of controlled substances the right to ship, transport, receive, or possess firearms or ammunition in denying this woman her carry permit.

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Law enforcement agencies could just as easily use the same federal statute to completely deny the Second Amendment rights of all medical marijuana card users in Washington and Colorado, or anywhere else where these cards as distributed.

All it would take is for the federal government to obtain a copy of the medical marijuana card databases in those areas that have such databases, and then start sending out federal agents to collect the guns of those who are listed. A model for this effort is California’s use of agents to confiscation guns of people identified by the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) system.

I’d advise gun owners to avoid medical marijuana cards at all costs. While there is no indication that there is an immediate plan to use these conflicting laws against gun owners, that could easily change overnight, especially under a federal government that never lets a good crisis go to waste.

http://bearingarms.com/got-a-state-...e-government-an-excuse-to-come-for-your-guns/
 
Drunk hunters are everywhere though. Is that even a crime, drunk hunting? I am not real big on concealled weapons but if other people are allowed there is no reason medical pot users should not have same rights. Pot heads don't usually shoot people by accident except in those bad commericials.
The NRA are hypocrites if they support taking pot heads guns away. There are alot more stoner gun enthusiasts than they could possibly imagine too, like most of the Americans on this board.
 
my3rdeye said:
The NRA are hypocrites if they support taking pot heads guns away. There are alot more stoner gun enthusiasts than they could possibly imagine too, like most of the Americans on this board.
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Where did you read that? It's the feds that are responsible, not the NRA since marijuana is still illegal on the federal level. The NRA SUPPORTS people's right to bear arms, and while I don't know exactly what their views are on this I see no reason why they wouldn't be in support of the medical marijuana card holders.
 
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my3rdeye "Is that even a crime, drunk hunting?" Well it varies from state to state but here in Minnesota and many other states it is illegal to hunt while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.
 
Remember that Dick Cheney shooting incident a few years ago? He accidentally shot one of his friends while out hunting in Texas when he had had a beer a few hours before, but it was Cheney so no-one did anything about it
 
Our bitter government tryna keep us down despite the laws being allowed to change.

Honestly weed isn't the worst shit to have around some one owning a fire arm they should be able to when crazy ass paranoid rich people can have them and shoot people for no reason or out of vigilanty justice.
 
Yup, I've heard of this out here in California, I didn't know they'd actually come take your gun though.. Maybe that's just if you have one of the county MMP cards? Otherwise I don't think there's record but your medical records?

I know the FAA is the same way. If you have your state medical cannabis card you have to surrender your pilot's license (or you're supposed to anyway).
 
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