Your pot or your gun

[Mtn.man]

Sorta goes along with another topic that was here. But of course it is IL

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-medical-marijuana-rules-met-20140122,0,1530419.story

[TAR31]

I drink beer and can own a gun, what's the difference between me and a pot smoker? Other than the government has brainwashed the majority of the American people that pot is so bad.

[hatidua]

I drink beer and can own a gun, what's the difference between me and a pot smoker?

Prohibition of alcohol ended a while back, illegality of marijuana on the federal level hasn't.

I'm not suggesting that one is bad and one isn't, but those are the rules as they stand and I'm not going to be a test case to see if I can push that boundary.

[Great-Kazoo]

Prohibition of alcohol ended a while back, illegality of marijuana on the federal level hasn't.

I'm not suggesting that one is bad and one isn't, but those are the rules as they stand and I'm not going to be a test case to see if I can push that boundary.

Wait till the State of the Union address.

[Ronin13]

Prohibition of alcohol ended a while back, illegality of marijuana on the federal level hasn't.

I'm not suggesting that one is bad and one isn't, but those are the rules as they stand and I'm not going to be a test case to see if I can push that boundary.

This was my thought exactly. It's still federally illegal, so until they change the law (whether people take an active role in pressuring their representatives or not), there is that obligation to follow it. Kind of like Aspen... 2lbs of THC laden edibles found in a passenger's luggage- the TSA forwards the case to Pitkin County, they say no violation of state law and refuse to prosecute. Just another case of the Feds not enforcing their own laws, I guess?

[68Charger]

This was my thought exactly. It's still federally illegal, so until they change the law (whether people take an active role in pressuring their representatives or not), there is that obligation to follow it. Kind of like Aspen... 2lbs of THC laden edibles found in a passenger's luggage- the TSA forwards the case to Pitkin County, they say no violation of state law and refuse to prosecute. Just another case of the Feds not enforcing their own laws, I guess?

Just to up the Ante- I'll throw this out there- look up "Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs"... you'll see the US entered into an International treaty that agreed to ban Cannabis (among many other drugs) in 1961.

so technically, we're in violation of an International treaty by not enforcing the laws on a federal level

I have yet to find a MJ activist that was even AWARE of this.... they either deny it's true, or deny it's important.

Discuss...

[Ronin13]

Just to up the Ante- I'll throw this out there- look up "Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs"... you'll see the US entered into an International treaty that agreed to ban Cannabis (among many other drugs) in 1961.

so technically, we're in violation of an International treaty by not enforcing the laws on a federal level

I have yet to find a MJ activist that was even AWARE of this.... they either deny it's true, or deny it's important.

Discuss...

Interesting... but reading that, it's enforced and managed by the UN. They have no cause or justification to enforce UN laws/mandates inside the US. I don't see anyone going after us for "violating" international treaty on drugs.

[Dave_L]

It's just another way to remove guns. Simple as that.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Without a gun, one doesn't have a pot to piss in. IMHO. More guns less pot.

[Skip]

Without a gun, one doesn't have a pot to piss in. IMHO. More guns less pot.

My P22 has a slide made of POT metal.

But seriously...

It's getting increasingly harder to be a gun owner. And I've never touched the stuff. But I see these little discrepancies as traps to make more prohibited persons. The more data out there, the more incentives for gov... MMJ users documented the fact they are prohibited.

DAs have lists of gun owners (CCW, registration). Everything is felony.