A Second Amendment Foundation representative says the decision is one that champions the rights of U.S. citizens.
This past weekend, the judge has knocked down a federal law that prohibited marijuana users from possessing firearms, deeming it unconstitutional. This follows the move by the Supreme Court the prior year to expand gun rights to people in the United States.
Simultaneously , U.S. District Judge Patrick Wyrick dismissed an indictment against a man who was charged in August with going up against this ban.
He noted that possessing or using marijuana was “not in and of itself a violent, forceful, or threatening act,” and that Oklahoma was a state where it was legal to use it for medicinal purposes.
“The mere use of marijuana carries none of the characteristics that the Nation’s history and tradition of firearms regulation supports,” he noted.
The U.S. Department of Justice will likely appeal the decision, though it hasn’t been filed just yet.
With us now to discuss this further is a spokesperson for the Second Amendment Foundation, a group that firmly believes in the right for citizens to bear arms. Their expertise will be useful in this matter.
Q&A:
- Why do you think the U.S. Department of Justice created a ban on marijuana users possessing firearms to begin with?
- Do you believe there may have been concern with someone using a firearm while being high on marijuana? Does this really pose as much of a danger as the Department of Justice believes?
- Considering that many use marijuana for medicinal purposes, does the ban really make sense as far as they’re concerned?
- This ties in with other bans that other states are trying to put in place, such as New York and Illinois, in response to the Supreme Court loosening gun laws last year. Do you believe these will be effective in the long run, or no?
- Where can we learn more about the Second Amendment Foundation and its members?
Those interested can visit http://www.saf.org/.
Second Amendment Foundation spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community; a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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