Marijuana user cannot be banned from gun ownership, US court rules

https://www.reuters.com/legal/marijuana-user-cannot-be-banned-gun-ownership-us-court-rules-2024-08-28/

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Awesome news if you never need to go into a gun store or obtain a CCW

What if you get caught with weed and a gun

I think this is saying that’s fine in cases where cannabis is legal.

But if you were to go into a gun store to purchase a firearm, you’re required to perjure yourself on the form if you want to pass. Combine that with a state database of registered cannabis users (med system) then you get potential for arrests.

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Many states you dont have to do any of that.

This is definitely common sense legislation though, so glad for it.

Johns Hopkins estimates 1 in 3 firearm homicides are cause by a perpetrator who drank heavily before commiting the deed. 30% of victims also were drinking heavily.

Weed is the Devil though, dontcha know? -sarcasm

Wow, there’s a state where you don’t have to fill out a 4473 if you’re purchasing a firearm from an FFL? Where is that?

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U said “gun store or ccw.”

There’s a state that will issue you a CCWP without a background check?

And I don’t mean a constitutional carry state.

U dont have to have a CCW or buy from a FFL in many states lol

Permitless and buying from a private citizen means you dont need to “go into a gun store.”

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Every time I go buy a firearm I have quit cold turkey that morning vowing I will never touch the devil lettuce again.

I reward this sobriety with the purchase of a firearm. When I fill out that form I am telling no lies. I’m not the kind of person that would ever lie.

However by the time I get home from the gun store or FFL where I picked up my online purchase addiction pops it’s ugly head up and it’s stronger than me because I’m a weak person with substance abuse issues.

Allegedly

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… which is why I was specifically talking about gun stores and CCWs, not private-party transactions.

Constitutional carry states are the neatest

All weapons should be concealed.

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And i was speaking on the MAJORITY of states. 29 are permitless…around the same number you dont need paperwork private party.

Now off for some coffee :slight_smile:

But we aren’t talking about states that are permitless, or that don’t require private party paperwork. Yes, I know it’s possible, but not everyone lives in those states, which is why that isnt the argument I was making.

If you live somewhere like Florida, and want to carry a concealed firearm legally, you can’t do that if you’re a med patient.

I said many, i guess i should have said “majority?” I just figured, when speaking of a group of people and things that affect them, we are speaking on the majority of the people unless otherwise noted? Majority of states are permitless…

Btw, in florida you dont need a check to buy from private party, and permitless carry is legal, and a medical card is LEGAL use of a controlled substance, so maybe thats why they are arguing that in courts right now?

And this article is about a state where medical isnt a thing? And a state where it is permitless carry?

Permitless carry is legal, yes, but not permitless concealed carry

And again continuing to argue the point about PP sales. No shit you can buy a gun privately, but if you would like to purchase a firearm online, a collector’s item, or to be able to purchase a firearm without any of the issues that come with PP sale (we’re talking about a gun shop here, not private party), you cannot do it in the state of Florida, or in any state, regardless of cannabis legality, without filling out a 4473, which specifically asks about marijuana, and contains the following statement:

"Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized
for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside. "

The article literally states it was also about private party sale and cannabis use(not medical).

Excuse me “transfership.”

And that’s awesome.

But is still not anything new, and still only solves half the problem.

Marijuana users can be banned from gun ownership assuming they don’t have access to or want to engage with private party sale or transfership.

I know someone that got busted for a grow in Oregon they took all his guns and tried to charge him with a a few felonies and 5 years in prison . He took his case to trial and sued . He was able to get everything dropped and his guns back . They bulldozed his greenhouses and he even sued for destruction of his property. He set precedent and standard for the state for sure . Pretty crazy it would have destroyed his life if they sent him to prison he would of lost everything

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Good thing I only possess hemp :smiley:

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