Cannabis and Gun Rights: Predictions for the Future

[ad_1] Big federal law changes in cannabis regulation are on the horizon. One area where I expect a lot of movement in the coming years is with respect to gun rights. I write on this topic fairly extensively, and you can see my links below. Today I want to talk about what changes I think are on the horizon. Before I give my predictions, I want to summarize the state of the law. If you’re…

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Arkansas Passed a Cannabis Gun Rights Law. It Won’t Work.

[ad_1] Last week, Marijuana Moment reported on a new Arkansas law that would protect medical cannabis users’ gun rights. This law is the most recent in a series of attempts by states to get around federal gun control laws that prohibit cannabis users from owning or buying guns. It won’t work. I’ve written extensively on the federal laws at issue (see links to my posts below). Arkansas is trying to protect its medical cannabis users…

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ATF Clings to Cannabis Gun Rights Restrictions

[ad_1] Cannabis users cannot own or possess firearms under federal law. This is true even in states where cannabis is legal, and even for medical patients. These gun rights are very likely going to be held unconstitutional. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is clinging to them nevertheless. I’ve written pretty extensively on the federal laws that strip cannabis users of gun rights, and link to my older posts below. But…

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Megan Fox Scrubs All Evidence of Machine Gun Kelly from Instagram, Posts About ‘Dishonesty’

[ad_1] The actress is only following three famous men and none of them are MGK — just one day after the pair attended Drake’s Super Bowl Party in Arizona. Are Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly dunzo? The evidence is certainly point in that direction as the “Jennifer’s Body” star has scrubbed all evidence of MGK from her Instagram page. Fans are looking at her latest post, which featured a series of pics of Fox…

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Newsom signs gun control bill modeled after Texas abortion law

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a gun control bill into law that will allow private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, sells, transports or distributes illegal “assault weapons and ghost guns.” The measure was crafted in response to last year’s Texas abortion ban that prohibits the procedure once a heartbeat was detected and allows private citizens to sue physicians, drivers or anyone else…

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Matthew McConaughey Meets with Lawmakers After Mass Shooting Op-Ed Calling for ‘Gun Responsibility’

[ad_1] “We have an epidemic of indiscriminate mass shootings, of parents burying their children, of inaction, and buck-passing,” wrote the actor. update 6/6/2022 11:48 p.m. PDT After laying out several possible ways to take on the ongoing mass shooting crisis in the United States in a passionate and emotional op-ed published Monday, Matthew McConaughey spent the evening at the Capitol meeting with lawmakers. “Had the chance to meet Uvalde native @McConaughey in DC today to…

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The US goes ballistic: America’s gun epidemic

While in Havana this past February, I made the acquaintance of a man in his mid-fifties, who hailed from the eastern Cuban province of Guantánamo and who in 1986 had endeavoured unsuccessfully to sail on a makeshift boat from Cuba to the so-called “land of the free”: my own homeland, the United States. Apprehended by Cuban authorities, he was sentenced to three years of labour on a coffee farm – where, he said, he was…

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