Medical Marijuana Users Who Own Guns Risk Federal Time
Stupid and punitive law, but what else is new?
In 2011, the ATF issued a memo that declared that it is illegal for anyone with a medical-marijuana card to possess a gun or ammunition. …
The message for Californians who use medical marijuana should be pretty clear. The federal government may go after you for using marijuana, and the penalty can be harsh if you possess both legal (in California) medical marijuana and a lawfully-owned gun.
Fortunately, there is a mechanism for mercy. Sens. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., are working together on legislation to grant federal judges more judicial discretion under the federal mandatory minimum sentencing system.
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This is just one of the many ridiculously harsh drug laws of the United Police States. One wonders if they will also attempt to apply it to Colorado and Washington legal marijuana users.