...Why is everyone so uptight in here? It's not a question of being or not being uptight about marijuana. We're really discussing the fact that a user of marijuana, even if legal under state law, is an unlawful user of a controlled substance under federal law and therefore commits a federal law fel...

Arguing about opinions is stupid. Everyone believes in their own logical and perceptive truth based on these things as well as their own perceptions, their own beliefs. All of those are in constant flux and change. That's my opinion. As someone once said, "Every man has a right to his own opin...

...The State Supreme Court ordered the Sheriff to issue Ms Willis a carry permit as she met "State" requirements. The State did not argue against or challenge Federal Firearms possession laws. In fact they made it clear that Ms Willis can still be prosecuted under Federal Laws. I wonder w...

...anyone that looks to the Internet for legal advice takes a chance if they follow it without checking with a local lawyer first -- regardless of who that source is --- even if it's another lawyer. Even if you are 100% right, I wouldn't follow it without a face-to-face with a local lawyer... Excep...

IDPA Shooter wrote:... thanks again Frank...

You're welcome.

...I do wonder though, if all states were to eventually move toward either legalization or decriminalization of marijuana, if that wouldn't prompt our U.S. Congress and Senate to follow suit at the federal level, and if so, what impact that might have on this hypothetical scenario of legalized mari...

And as far as the rest of your personal attacks, my words are here for everyone to read. Each person is free to draw his own conclusions. Frank, I found your arguments well-reasoned and your posts well-written. Thanks for posting. Valuable information without the desperate clinging to some kind of ...

...it could be the same guy who is a moderator on TFL, THR and also a practicing lawyer since 1976 in Cali. That is who I am, except, to be accurate, I retired the first of the year in 2007. I have, however, maintained my active Bar membership and kept up with my required continuing education. This...

...and that ends any value from this point forward in this thread.... Be that as it may, I entered this thread to provide some solid information on federal law relating to marijuana and guns. jshuberg has provided some serious misinformation which, if paid attention to, could get someone into a lot...

Current law on straw purchases: The actual offense is violation of 18 USC 922(a)(6), making a false statement on the 4473 (specifically about who is the actual buyer), and has nothing to do with the ultimate recipient being a prohibited person. See the ATF publication Federal Firearms Regulation Ref...

The reality of this world is that the violation of rights is often in the eyes of the beholder. Forgetting that we live in pluralistic, political society in which people legitimately disagree on any number of matters is not a useful, and is a badly skewed, perspective. ... But ranting won't necessa...

...What's you're angle? I presume that you're "on our side",... Well my angle these days is education. I'm with a group who teach monthly NRA Basic Handgun classes. We introduce about a 100 people a year to shooting -- almost all of whom have no prior experience. All of us instructors are...

Possession of Medical Marijuana? ....I'm sure that after MN passes their Medical Marijuana laws, there will be a whole host of Private and Commercial Greenhouses being turned into Medical Marijuana farms. Do these growers and distributors fall under the same or similar Federal laws classifying them...

Well lets see. How about the American Revolution, the Civil war, pretty much every military engagement in history. Without an outraged public, the vast majority would never have occurred. How about the battle of Athens, where WWII GIs took up arms against a corrupt local government and threw the ba...

These sorts of topics come up regularly in forums and often seem to get kind of muddled. Perhaps it's helpful to reflect that these topics actually raised several, distinct sorts of issues. ⋅ On one level, and it's the level lawyers, such as myself, are going to be most interested in, ther...