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Unlawful User?
Quoted from Form #4473
"e. Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana, or any depressant, stimulant, or narcotic drug, or any other controlled
substance?"
This is the question in question (pardon the grammar) line "E".
I think the term "unlawful user" is very vague, but so are all gun law specifics. I would assume that if you were busted for marijuana that would qualify you as a unlawful user. The medicinal marijuana card should not prevent you from passing a background check. We all know of the faults with the background check system, where a law abiding citizen is rejected, but somehow a person with a history of mental illness get his firearm without issue.
Anyway... aren't these medical records (permits) with the state of Colorado? Are these medical records shared with all branches of government? Are they gonna come for you or list you as a subversive person if the MM laws are repealed or overturned?
In the words of The Clash:
When they kick at your front door how you gonna come? With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun?
I would rather have the guns, jack-booted thugs are not afraid of pipes.
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haha, great choice in gifs.
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Thank you...... Thank you very much...
I have been on the CalGuns website reading up on their situation, they have had MM for longer than us. Some have said they know people with both, and one user said he uses his MM card for a second ID when purchasing a gun.
Now I know the internet is not a place for corroborative evidence, and most people on the internet are crack-pots (me included).
But does anybody know someone in this situation? A person with both a MM card and a recent FFL purchase. Maybe a MM card and a CCW? I think this would be a good sticky. We have stickies for CCW and NFA items; this may preclude people from either of those. Just a thought...
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I've got a friend who is thinking of buying another gun from CMMG, I'll find out how it goes for him.
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No definitive answer per-se, but Alpine Arms in Eagle Colorado has this on their website.
http://www.alpinearms.com/faq.php#38
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Yeah, that doesn't mean that they will pick it up on a back ground check.
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That is true, but answering anything but "NO" on "12e" would prevent the purchase. Answering no on that question and having a MM card would make you a perjurer would it not?
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If they knew about it. Colorado is a pretty huge pot smoking state, so it's not like people using pot haven't bought guns and just answered "no" on the form. That disclaimer on that website is probably just them trying to cover their ass.
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I was not speaking specifically of Alpine Arms.
Rather that if you have a MM card, and try purchasing a firearm legally through a FFL you either must perjure your self or not get the firearm (by answering yes on 12e). I think the perjury crime may have some real jail time also.
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I know, that's why this thread got started. Some guy checked "no" they saw him on a list and now he is in trouble for perjury.
Just another hurdle to get full legalization for marijuana. Good luck trying to convince people who haven't smoked pot that marijuana is less of a danger than alcohol. It's the exact same thing as trying to commit gun-fearing, non-owners that guns will kill people on their own if given the opportunity.
