Some defense attorneys have challenged the controversial gun law [prohibiting gun ownership by illegal drug users], calling it unconstitutionally vague. Others have argued that it violates the Second Amendment. But federal appellate courts have so far upheld the convictions, including one that cited a “well-established link between chronic drug use and violence” in its opinion … Read more
State Rep. Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake, has multiple sclerosis and is registered in the state’s medical cannabis program. Hamilton told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he cannot renew his permit to carry a gun or legally use a firearm to hunt in Minnesota because the state and the federal government still list medical cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug. … Read more
“California attorney Bruce Margolin, who is among the country’s pre-eminent litigators for marijuana law, said he has never seen a case before in which the government packaged pot use with gun possession to criminally charge someone.” Margolin is talking about the case of Steven Boehle, an Austin man who’s just plead guilty to use of a … Read more
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