They would NEVER use legal licensing to deny you your rights

[Nuclear Unicorn]

Richland Medical Marijuana Patient Denied Concealed Pistol License

RICHLAND, WA - A Richland medical marijuana patient recently applied for a Concealed Pistol License, but was denied by police.

Medical marijuana is legal under Washington state law, but the federal government won't make an exception for that when it comes to getting a Concealed Pistol License.

Richland police sent the medical marijuana patient a letter stating that federal law prohibits anyone who uses a controlled substance from "shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing firearms or ammunition."

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/24791663/richland-medical-marijuana-patient-denied-concealed-pistol-license

Suck it, you malicious cancer patients!

[bossy22]

1. we need to fix our drug laws in this country

[Eleanors38]

2. The specific mention of "marijuana" in Form 4473...

Creates a double disadvantage: You might lie about your use of pot, then be charged with lying on the form, then denied a firearm from then on. Or tell the truth that you smoke pot, and be denied NICS approval.

[SQUEE]

3. 5th ammendment challenge in the making I think.

Won't win, but just another example of the State disregarding the constitution to keep me safe.

[seabeyond]

4. mr nuclear? nt

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. No, it's me.

[seabeyond]

6. mmm. not that i care one way or another. and fun if it was. interesting

shift in your views though. grinnin'

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. Views, maybe. Principles, never.

Gender rights, LGBT rights, social justice, etc. are all predicated on the ideal that people are oppressed, that those with power exploit that power and other people. Progressives pick up the banner to speak for those who would otherwise be deprived of a voice as well as lending our collective strength to one another.

What is the value of declaring, "My body, my choice" and decrying rape culture but then insisting we remain defenseless if confronted by a rapist? Yes, President Eisenhower deployed troops to enforce desegregation but what if such a person had not been in office at that time? What if Arizona passes its hate law and the homophobes take that to mean it's open seasons on gays?

Who do we turn to? Answer: Ourselves. We are our first, best defenders. We have to be.

And I have grown extremely distrustful of the pro-control side -- though I once considered myself one of them. People who have to obfuscate, shift arguments, refuse to answer questions, evade definitions are not to be trusted. As far as I'm concerned even their stated intentions of doing good for others are to be viewed with a suspicious eye.

At the expense of sounding immodest, I think that makes me fairly progressive.

[seabeyond]

8. lol, well. you have shifted. i have not. i have always been in the position of anti gun, eeeeew

and i will be the first to stand up for the right to own.

so

k

got a bit militant there toward the end. but hey... live and let live, right?