{"id":13417,"date":"2016-08-31T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T20:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13417"},"modified":"2016-08-31T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T20:32:58","slug":"decriminalize-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13417","title":{"rendered":"Decriminalize it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another reason to decriminalize marijuana<\/a> or, better still, get the government out of the drug control business altogether:<\/p>\n

“A federal government ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the Second Amendment<\/a> … The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> applies to the nine Western states that fall under the court’s jurisdiction … It came in a lawsuit filed by S. Rowan Wilson, a Nevada woman who tried to buy a firearm in 2011 after obtaining a medical marijuana card. The gun store refused, citing the federal rule on the sale of firearms to illegal drug users …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Probably correct from a liability standpoint given federal laws in effect, but pointless from a public safety standpoint.<\/p>\n

“… In addition, a ban on the sale of guns to marijuana and other drug users is reasonable because the use of such drugs “raises the risk of irrational or unpredictable behavior with which gun use should not be associated,” Senior District Judge Jed Rakoff<\/a> said …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’re talking about weed here, not PCP<\/a>.\u00a0 People high PCP have been known to get violent.\u00a0 People high on marijuana want pizza rolls<\/a>.<\/p>\n