Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upholds federal law prohibiting drug users from poss

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Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upholds federal law prohibiting drug users from possessing guns
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Drug users cannot possess firearms under federal law. But the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals did not clarify what constitutes current drug use or whether possessing drugs is prima facie evidence that a gun possessor is a current drug user.
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By Joe Forward, Legal Writer, State Bar of Wisconsin

Sept. 17, 2010 – The Second Amendment won’t protect marijuana or other drug users from incurring a felony charge if they are caught possessing a gun, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held.

Matthew Yancey was caught carrying 0.7 grams of marijuana and a loaded gun and pled guilty to a felony charge under 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(3), which prohibits unlawful users of controlled substances from possessing a firearm. He admitted to being a habitual pot smoker.

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http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=96706

Steve

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ATF letter to FFLs makes it clear: No guns for pot users

Dave Workman (http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/dave-workman), Seattle Gun Rights Examiner

September 27, 2011

As if it didn’t have enough trouble, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has opened a new can of worms with a Sept. 21 letter (http://www.nssf.org/share/PDF/ATFOpenLetter092111.pdf) to Federal Firearms Licensees explaining that medical marijuana users are prohibited from buying or even possessing firearms or ammunition.

This is going to cause no small amount of consternation among Pacific Northwest pot advocates who will quickly argue that taking a toke is no more or less harmful than downing a slug of “red-eye” before heading to the range or hunting camp. Recall the Kirkland marijuana shootout in March 2010 that this column discussed here (http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/this-may-be-why-they-call-the-stuff-dope), here (http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/more-about-the-medical-marijuana-shootout) and here (http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/kirkland-shoot-out-aftermath-proves-medical-marijuana-dilemma-requires-legislative-fix).

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http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/atf-letter-to-ffls-makes-it-clear-no-guns-for-pot-users

Steve

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prohibits unlawful users of controlled substances from possessing a firearm


If my BAC is over the legal limit am i a bad guy??????????????





War on Drugs :lool:

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If my BAC is over the legal limit am i a bad guy??????????????

Yea they are going to pop you for SWI (shooting while intoxicated)





War on Drugs :lool: