Fifth Circuit Tosses Gun Charges Against Another Marijuana User

https://thereload.com/fifth-circuit-tosses-gun-charges-against-another-marijuana-user/

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clif@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I knew a career, retired, cop and he once told me "I never once rolled up to a domestic dispute where there was a bong smoking on the table and everyone was stoned. Alcohol, however, pretty much every damn time."

Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com · 9 pts · 1y

Cop I knew dozens of years ago always said the same thing ...he would "much rather roll up on a group of stoners than even one drunk asshole"

Omgboom@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Good, it's absurd to take away someone's gun rights just because they smoke marijuana.

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

And fundamentally Anti-Constitutional.

Nowhere is there anything supporting this idea - rights aren't conditional. I even have an issue with rights that are curtailed by a felony conviction. What logic supports this? None.

SoJB@lemmy.ml · -4 pts · 1y

The logic where it says “well-regulated”?

YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I may actually end up owning a gun someday if it makes it through the Supreme Court. Although I think I could still legally 3d print one.

Letstakealook@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

FYI: possession is illegal if you're a marijuana user, regardless of how you acquire the firearm.

FireTower@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Unless you're in the 5th circuit which has some good precedent in your favor.

Letstakealook@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

For sure, I just wanted to provide clarification because it would appear they thought current law only prevented purchase.

Anticorp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

It's a question on the buyer questionnaire. If you admit to smoking weed, they won't even sell you the gun.