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SWBTATTReg

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19. So, it will be illegal for pot smokers to even drive, drive, have guns? Crap, there already are probably 100s of

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:19 PM

Mar 2

thousands of pot smokers (who may or may not be smoking pot at the time) driving on our roads, etc. Probably more. How many are doped up on pills? How many are drunk (quite a few). And, just how often does a person grab that gun of theirs?

My gun is by my bed, I check it perhaps once a year or less. If anything, just to make sure that it's there in case of a break-in (and that's all).

An over-reaction I suspect, trying to get the American public focused on something else besides trump's disasters.

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Supreme Court ponders law making it a crime for gun owners to use marijuana [View all] groundloop Mar 2 OP

Sure, that will happen. Srkdqltr Mar 2 #1

LOLOL What about liquors. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2 #2

Ha. Yes. Let's prohibit that very lethal drug and gun combination. . Easterncedar Mar 2 #4

Ha ha ha Easterncedar Mar 2 #3

What about cigarettes, aspirin, etc. etc. Emile Mar 2 #5

Anithystamines use can lead to hallucinations Farmer-Rick Mar 2 #6

What if you snort cocaine off of a terlet seat? twodogsbarking Mar 2 #7

As long as you have a magic R, then you Emile Mar 2 #8

running cover for piss drunk Pete. Javaman Mar 2 #9

Actually Timewas Mar 2 #10

Yes, wouldn't this "law" be redundant radical noodle Mar 2 #12

The law is in place sarisataka Mar 2 #17

Ah! I read through that too quickly radical noodle Mar 2 #23

Not every firearm purchase goes through legal channels. WestMichRad Mar 2 #21

Good point radical noodle Mar 2 #22

That is true Timewas Mar 2 #25

?? Timewas Mar 2 #24

There are persistant drug users in the White House. pandr32 Mar 2 #11

I don't see how that will stick in states were pot is legal Bayard Mar 2 #13

Federal law sarisataka Mar 2 #18

Well Timewas Mar 2 #26

People are missing the point sarisataka Mar 2 #14

Well, I'd rather have the guy smoking a joint with the gun that a guy with a bottle of scotch and a gun ashredux Mar 2 #15

If they're going to do that Quanto Magnus Mar 2 #16

So, it will be illegal for pot smokers to even drive, drive, have guns? Crap, there already are probably 100s of SWBTATTReg Mar 2 #19

Should it be illegal for alcoholics to have guns then? cstanleytech Mar 2 #20

The hypocrisy and inconsistency of the right is on full display. J_William_Ryan Mar 3 #27