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9th Circuit Says Medical Marijuana Cardholders Have No Second Amendment RightsYesterday a federal appeals court ruled that banning gun sales to people who hold medical marijuana cards, whether or not they actually use marijuana, does not violate their Second Amendment rights....
The case, Wilson v. Lynch, involves a Nevada woman, Rowan Wilson, who in 2011 tried to buy a firearm from a gun shop in Mound House, a tiny town in Lyon County, but was turned away because the owner, Frederick Hauser, knew she had recently obtained a medical marijuana registry card from the state Department of Health and Human Services. Hauser had just received a letter from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that said anyone who uses marijuana as a medicine, "regardless of whether his or her State has passed legislation authorizing marijuana use for medicinal purposes," qualifies as an "unlawful user of a controlled substance" and is therefore forbidden to buy or possess guns under 18 USC 922.
It will -- and upheld.i am sure it will be appealed..
None of which applies here.In recent years, Congress provided very clear guidance about how it views the relationship between the CSA and state medical marijuana laws in the bipartisan Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment to the federal budget (Sec. 542 on page 223). First approved in 2014, this amendment prohibits the Department of Justice from using money to interfere with the administration of medical marijuana programs in Arizona and 41 other states, territories, and D.C. Simply put, the passage of the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment clearly demonstrates that Congress respects states’ medical marijuana laws, and it does not want the federal government to obstruct or impede them.
Congress’s Intent Is Clear: States Can Legalize Medical Marijuana Without Violating Federal Law
9th Circuit Says Medical Marijuana Cardholders Have No Second Amendment RightsYesterday a federal appeals court ruled that banning gun sales to people who hold medical marijuana cards, whether or not they actually use marijuana, does not violate their Second Amendment rights....
The case, Wilson v. Lynch, involves a Nevada woman, Rowan Wilson, who in 2011 tried to buy a firearm from a gun shop in Mound House, a tiny town in Lyon County, but was turned away because the owner, Frederick Hauser, knew she had recently obtained a medical marijuana registry card from the state Department of Health and Human Services. Hauser had just received a letter from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that said anyone who uses marijuana as a medicine, "regardless of whether his or her State has passed legislation authorizing marijuana use for medicinal purposes," qualifies as an "unlawful user of a controlled substance" and is therefore forbidden to buy or possess guns under 18 USC 922.
I recall bringing this up some time ago - state legalization of a drug does not nullify federal law
Federal law is clear -- you lose your right to buy a gun if you use an illegal drug.
So... do you agree/disagree with the 9th circuit ruling, as medical MJ is legal in NV, but illegal in the US...?
Note: Arguing for the federal legalization of MJ is irrelevant to the issue.
Still wouldn't stop me from having one...Just like the case noted in this thread...9th Circuit Says Medical Marijuana Cardholders Have No Second Amendment RightsYesterday a federal appeals court ruled that banning gun sales to people who hold medical marijuana cards, whether or not they actually use marijuana, does not violate their Second Amendment rights....
The case, Wilson v. Lynch, involves a Nevada woman, Rowan Wilson, who in 2011 tried to buy a firearm from a gun shop in Mound House, a tiny town in Lyon County, but was turned away because the owner, Frederick Hauser, knew she had recently obtained a medical marijuana registry card from the state Department of Health and Human Services. Hauser had just received a letter from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that said anyone who uses marijuana as a medicine, "regardless of whether his or her State has passed legislation authorizing marijuana use for medicinal purposes," qualifies as an "unlawful user of a controlled substance" and is therefore forbidden to buy or possess guns under 18 USC 922.
I recall bringing this up some time ago - state legalization of a drug does not nullify federal law
Federal law is clear -- you lose your right to buy a gun if you use an illegal drug.
So... do you agree/disagree with the 9th circuit ruling, as medical MJ is legal in NV, but illegal in the US...?
Note: Arguing for the federal legalization of MJ is irrelevant to the issue.
The gun grabbers know that they can't outright ban guns because of the 2nd Amendment, so they go after the gun owners, one step at a time till almost no one will be qualified to own a gun.
It's irrelevant. A cannabis user, medical or not, isn't going to want to kill stuff anyway. That's kind of why it's illegal. We're a culture that worships violence; we can't have non-killers walking around.
I mean, where would that lead? Peace and pursuit of happiness and stuff? BOR-ing...
Bullshit. Happens all the time.It's irrelevant. A cannabis user, medical or not, isn't going to want to kill stuff anyway.
It's irrelevant. A cannabis user, medical or not, isn't going to want to kill stuff anyway. That's kind of why it's illegal. We're a culture that worships violence; we can't have non-killers walking around.
I mean, where would that lead? Peace and pursuit of happiness and stuff? BOR-ing...
Nope...we don't worship violence....
Of course we don't. I can't imagine what I was thinking.
democrat social policy has created fatherless homes and those boys have no role models...then they turn to crime and violence because they have had no one teach them how to be men.....
It's irrelevant. A cannabis user, medical or not, isn't going to want to kill stuff anyway. That's kind of why it's illegal. We're a culture that worships violence; we can't have non-killers walking around.
I mean, where would that lead? Peace and pursuit of happiness and stuff? BOR-ing...
Nope...we don't worship violence....
Why, we're just a flower-sniffing peacenik populace that make a Buddhist monk look like Charles Freaking Manson.
democrat social policy has created fatherless homes and those boys have no role models...then they turn to crime and violence because they have had no one teach them how to be men.....
Had no idea "democrats" [sic] have been in charge of social policy all this time.
Ya learn sump'm on this site every day.
It will -- and upheld.i am sure it will be appealed..
Armed drug addicts. What could go wrong?
I imagine this has you Leftists in a quandary. You hate the 2nd Amendment but you love drugs and while you deny the clear constitutional right to have guns, you're sure there's a constitutional right to get baked. A decision like this must have you twats tied in a pretzel.The 9th circuit is wrong on this one. Everyone has a right to the second amendment besides the extreme mentally ill.
