Gallows 420 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 ATF: It's illegal for medical marijuana users to own, buy gunsFederal firearms regulators are telling gun shops it’s illegal for someone who uses marijuana to own or buy guns or ammunition, regardless of whether states have passed laws allowing patients to use the drug for medicinal purposes.In an open letter to all federal firearms licensees posted last week, Arthur Herbert, the assistant director of enforcement programs and services for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said his office has received “a number of inquiries” about whether medical marijuana patients can own or buy guns and ammo in medical-marijuana states.Federal law says marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1 drug similar to heroin, in spite of 16 states, including California,having passed making the drug legal for medical use. The federal government doesn’t recognize marijuana as a medicine, Herbert says.“Therefore anyone who uses or is addicted to marijuana, regardless of whether his or her state has passed legislation authorizing marijuana use for medicinal purposes, is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance and is prohibited by federal law from possessing firearms or ammunition,” Herbert writes.Gun dealers who have “reasonable cause to believe” someone is using pot or if they see someone check “yes” on a federal firearms form that asks whether someone is using illegal drugs, need to not sell them guns or ammo regardless of whether the customer says the drug is for medicinal purposes, Herbert said.At least one Redding marijuana collective manager protests the policy.Niels Hylen, the manager of Northern Patients Group, Inc., says his office on Rhyolite Drive has been robbed at gunpoint twice in recent weeks, and his clerks should be able to own a gun so they can defend themselves.“That’s definitely a big concern,” Hylen said.Hylen notes it’s perfectly legal for the liquor store owner across the street to buy and own a gun for protection.Patrick Jones, the Redding city councilman who owns Jones’ Fort gun shop in Redding, said Herbert’s letter only confirms the law gun dealers have been following for years.But he says it’s impossible for him to know whether marijuana users simply didn’t check the drug-use box. Not checking the box, he said, is federal perjury.The maximum penalty for federal perjury is five years in prison.He said that since voters passed Proposition 215, a ballot initiative legalized medical marijuana in 1996, he’s only had to stop the sale of one gun transaction because the buyer was a 215 patient.“If we believe you are a 215 user, that sale can’t go forward,” Jones said. “If people don’t like that, they need to take that up with ATF.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATX 420 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 that's why you check 'no' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows 420 Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 that's why you check 'no' no one asked your dumbazz how to skirt the law... moron its because of idiots like you that idiots like you want background checks from idiots like you dumbazz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgr39 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 that's why you check 'no' LMFAO Did you read the part where you can go to prison for five years for lying on federal form 4473? "It's not nice to try and illegally obtain a firearm", besides the 5 years in prison. I hate Snitches. LMFAO I hate people that fraudently/illegally try to obtain firearms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgr39 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 that's why you check 'no' LMFAO Liberals want MORE gun laws that stop the flow of guns to people that want to get them illegally. THIS fool doesn't want existing federal gun laws followed, which, by-the-way, can get you 5 years in a federal prison. Liberals only want to take guns away from people that can legally own guns. NOT the drug addicts and users that are prohibited by law from buying guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsouth Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 that's why you check 'no' I do not use any drugs - the drug alcohol included; but I know a drunk ( alcohol is socially accepted ) is infinitely ( INFINITELY ) more likely to misuse a firearm than someone who uses something as benign as marijuana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin futz Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 This law is ludicrous! I know Med MJ growers who are afraid for their lives, because they cannot protect their stash! In the meantime, the Beaner Drug Cartels are armed to the teeth, and the Feds don't even bother with them, they just tear the plants out of the ground, and leave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows 420 Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 that's why you check 'no' this idiot thinks a state issued 215 card will not come up in a bg check lol why are the dumbazzes all liberals ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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