He's still a fucking asshole though despite his (in my opinion) correct stance on cannabis legality.
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Any idiot can have a gun. Any drunk can have a gun. Any thug can have a gun. Why would marijuana users be discriminated against?
Because these old white racists making the laws are racists and still associate pot and other drugs with people who have darker skin. One of the only other times Republicans were for gun control was when the Black Panthers armed themselves.
That’s why. They’re racists.
Because a ton of geriatrics and lawmakers believe in reefer madness. I’m sure there’s a second group but I’m blanking.
Bible thumpers?
Racists. It's vestigial Jim Crow.
If, not saying we should, but if we were going to restrict gun rights for substance use it should be for alcohol. A drunk person with a gun is orders of magnitude more dangerous then a high person.
Personally I'd probably be safer with a gun if I were stoned because I'd just stay the fuck away from it because it would make me anxious.
It's already illegal pretty much anywhere in the US to carry/use a firearm while drunk.
Sure, but that's irrelevant to the discussion here. The question isn't whether it's legal to use a gun while under the influence of either substance. The question is whether being a user of either substance should disqualify you from owning a firearm.
Not in my state 🤣
Rare win for the supreme court.
I’m… mildly shocked that they ruled this way.
It's not really surprising. Rights for gun ownership are in the Constitution, there's nothing there about drugs. That's a very straightforward argument, regardless of your stance on either.
Well obviously it has to be more complex than that. There's also nothing in there about banning the private ownership of any kind of weapon. Going by your interpretation, any ban on private citizens owning nuclear weapons is unconstitutional. After all, there's nothing in the Constitution about granting an exception to the right to bear arms for weapons past a certain power level.
Pretty sure the right to bear arms implies you need to be able to lift and weild it on your own.
Nukes aren't arms, they're armament.
The gun lobby is ridiculously powerful. Of course they weren't gonna decide the case any other way.
The gun is good. The penis is evil.
Zardoz speaks to you, his chosen ones
No no , penis good, vagina evil
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They can't restrict gun access for any reason. They'll take care of marijuana legalization another time.
So does this mean they can completely expunge their attack on Hunter Biden because gun + crack?
Rare W these days.
It's cocaine and gunfire time in America!
By god, that's Hunter Bidens theme music I hear!
Lowkey with any other last name he's a conservatives icon.
Careful, he'll come in here and stridently correct you that it was crack.
I mean I feel it is always a guarantee that you drop the "Don't tread on my 2nd Amendment" you be painted as a saint. ESPECIALLY in Texas.
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