Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:07 pmPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:15 pmPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:21 pm
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:40 pmPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:18 amRip Van Winkle wrote:Question 11 (e) on the 4477.
"Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside."
Answer yes and no gun for you. Answer no and you've committed a felony.
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 6:52 amLarryFlew wrote:Rip Van Winkle wrote:Question 11 (e) on the 4477.
"Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside."
Answer yes and no gun for you. Answer no and you've committed a felony.
Exactly the problem. The question should not even be there. Think of all the questions they could just ad to come up with a deny. Have you ever taken a drug that is used for depression? If you ever had a med for anxiety you have and if you ever had a drug for about a third of heart problems the answer is yes which they can say makes you mentally impaired, deny. Have you ever been in a fight - violent temper, deny. Do you have children at home - putting family in d a anger, deny. Goes on and on. Need to only have actual PERTINENT questions.
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:15 amRip Van Winkle wrote:Question 11 (e) on the 4477.
"Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside."
Answer yes and no gun for you. Answer no and you've committed a felony.
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:42 amBigBlue wrote:Rip Van Winkle wrote:Question 11 (e) on the 4477.
"Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside."
Answer yes and no gun for you. Answer no and you've committed a felony.
Wonder how they expect an applicant to interpret that question? Does "are" imply "currently"? Or would one be lying if they smoked weed in high school back in '64 but not since? Or went to Colorado in 2018 and tried some local stuff but only that one time?
Personally, I'd interpret the question to mean "actively and currently/continually", but you know how lawyers and governments are...
BB
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:13 amPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:24 ambstrawse wrote:LarryFlew wrote:Rip Van Winkle wrote:Question 11 (e) on the 4477.
"Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside."
Answer yes and no gun for you. Answer no and you've committed a felony.
Exactly the problem. The question should not even be there. Think of all the questions they could just ad to come up with a deny. Have you ever taken a drug that is used for depression? If you ever had a med for anxiety you have and if you ever had a drug for about a third of heart problems the answer is yes which they can say makes you mentally impaired, deny. Have you ever been in a fight - violent temper, deny. Do you have children at home - putting family in d a anger, deny. Goes on and on. Need to only have actual PERTINENT questions. Federal law has a prohibition on possession of firearms or ammunition by a unlawful user of controlled substances, etc. Isn't the question on the 4473 therefore pertinent?
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 10:27 amBigBlue wrote:Wonder how they expect an applicant to interpret that question? Does "are" imply "currently"? Or would one be lying if they smoked weed in high school back in '64 but not since? Or went to Colorado in 2018 and tried some local stuff but only that one time?
Personally, I'd interpret the question to mean "actively and currently/continually", but you know how lawyers and governments are...
BB
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 12:36 pmPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:38 pmLarryFlew wrote:I'd interpret the question the same as you mentioned - to mean "actively and currently/continually"