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Surrender Your Guns, Police Tell Hawaiian Medical Marijuana Patients
The Honolulu Police Department has sent letters to local medical marijuana patients ordering them to voluntarily surrender their firearms because of their MMJ status.
The letters, signed by Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard, inform patients that they have 30 days upon receipt of the letter to transfer ownership or turn in their firearms and ammunition to the Honolulu Police.
The existence of the notices, first reported early today by Russ Belville at The Marijuana Agenda podcast, was confirmed to Leafly News this afternoon by the Honolulu Police Department.
The startling order comes just three months after the states first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Hawaiis capital city.
The Honolulu Police Department has sent letters to local medical marijuana patients ordering them to voluntarily surrender their firearms because of their MMJ status.
The letters, signed by Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard, inform patients that they have 30 days upon receipt of the letter to transfer ownership or turn in their firearms and ammunition to the Honolulu Police.
The existence of the notices, first reported early today by Russ Belville at The Marijuana Agenda podcast, was confirmed to Leafly News this afternoon by the Honolulu Police Department.
The startling order comes just three months after the states first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Hawaiis capital city.
https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/surrender-your-guns-police-tell-hawaiian-medical-marijuana-patients
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Surrender Your Guns, Police Tell Hawaiian Medical Marijuana Patients (Original Post)
sarisataka
Nov 2017
OP
Their possession of guns would also likely be illegal under federal law. n/t
PoliticAverse
Nov 2017
#2
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)1. It's time
To elect a new sheriff.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. Their possession of guns would also likely be illegal under federal law. n/t
herding cats
(19,558 posts)4. If you read the article that's what this is about. NT
Calculating
(2,955 posts)3. So it's cool for all the drunks and pharma druggies to own guns
But if you smoke the demon weed you gotta turn em in? I hope nobody complies with this bs.
Fullduplexxx
(7,839 posts)5. And the mentally challenged who cant handle daily affairs
MagickMuffin
(15,924 posts)6. Unconstitutional, 2nd amendment applies to everyone not just some
Sorry Susan but you can't take away their guns.
jmowreader
(50,524 posts)8. Strangely enough, she can in this case
https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/can-a-medical-marijuana-patients-legally-own-a-gun
The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits anyone who uses or is addicted to cannabis (the law uses the term "addiction" so please don't shoot the messenger) from possessing guns. This has been upheld by the 9th Circuit in the case Wilson v. Lynch: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/08/31/14-15700.pdf
The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits anyone who uses or is addicted to cannabis (the law uses the term "addiction" so please don't shoot the messenger) from possessing guns. This has been upheld by the 9th Circuit in the case Wilson v. Lynch: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/08/31/14-15700.pdf
MagickMuffin
(15,924 posts)11. My my the Bill of Rights only apply to certain citizens
The only amendment anyone seems to care the most about is the 2nd one according to a large class of people. Such a pity. SAD!!!
Dr_Pretorius
(71 posts)7. But drink all the whiskey you want!
This nation's laws are fucked up beyond all recognition.
Fla Dem
(23,568 posts)12. Agree. Not a MJ user or for that matter a drinker. But could never understand
why liquor was legal and not MJ. Seems to me alcohol is a much more lethal substance than weed. Would be more afraid of a drinker with a gun than a MJ user with a gun.
rollin74
(1,969 posts)9. yet another reason for states to go with recreational legalization and customers to pay with cash
msongs
(67,343 posts)10. but the police get to keep theirs and they are more likely to kill somebody nt