• Cid Vicious@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I think the answer lies in the Hunter Biden charges. They can ask the question when purchasing a firearm and then charge with a crime later if they can show that the person lied.

    Honestly wouldn’t be shocked if they started going after recreational marijuana either. Some big liberal states have legal marijuana.

    • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      . . . if they can show that the person lied.

      That’s the hard part, and the reason why it doesn’t get enforced.

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        21 hours ago

        Its not difficult to prove if you have a medicinal cannabis card. Not at all. All your purchases are prescribed and tracked.

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          21 hours ago

          Were you using it when you bought the gun? How long ago did you imbibe before then? What even is the time limit? Does your use count as addiction?

          Is a federal prosecutor going to bother even pursuing those questions if they have to prove it in front of a judge and jury?

          There’s so many ways a defense attorney could pick the case apart. They’re generally not going to prosecute this as the primary charge.