Your Views Saturday, June 23

Second Amendment and SQ 788 The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a September 2011 letter, “Any person who uses or is addicted to marijuana, regardless of whether his or her state has passed legislation authorizing marijuana use for medicinal purposes … is prohibited by federal law from possessing firearms or ammunition.” Residents of Hawaii were given 30 days to turn in their firearms after applying for a medical marijuana license. “Your medical marijuana use disqualifies you from ownership of firearms and ammunition,” Honolulu police Chief Susan Ballard wrote in a Nov. 13 letter to one medical marijuana card holder. “If you currently own or have any firearms, you have 30 days upon receipt of this letter to voluntarily surrender your firearms, permit and ammunition to the Honolulu Police Department or otherwise transfer ownership.” A Nevada woman, S. Rowan Wilson, was denied purchasing a gun for self-defense because she held a medical marijuana card. Wilson said she wasn’t a marijuana user and had only applied for the card in part as an expression of support of legalization. Give it some thought. You can’t have both as long as marijuana is federally criminalized. Vicki Rust, Oklahoma City Political silly season It’s the silly season again for Oklahoma politics brought to you by opponents of State Question 788. While Texas Republicans just overwhelmingly voted to place decriminalized marijuana in their party platform, meaning down to a $100 fine for small amounts with no jail time, SQ 788 […]

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