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U.S. District Judge Patrick Wyrick, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump in Oklahoma City, on Friday dismissed an indictment against a man charged in August with violating that ban, saying it infringed his right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.

He said using marijuana was "not in and of itself a violent, forceful, or threatening act," and noted that Oklahoma is one of a number of states where the drug, still illegal under federal law, can be legally bought for medical uses.

Wyrick said that while the government can protect the public from dangerous people possessing guns, it could not argue Jared Harrison's "mere status as a user of marijuana justifies stripping him of his fundamental right to possess a firearm."

1 posted on 02/04/2023 8:15:37 PM PST by CtBigPat
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To: CtBigPat

How about a ban on gun owners using marijuana?

Would that work?


2 posted on 02/04/2023 8:17:50 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: CtBigPat

It’s hard to continue the old objections, considering that functional alcohol users can legally own guns.


3 posted on 02/04/2023 8:18:26 PM PST by lee martell
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To: CtBigPat

U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights.“

F’n Reuters. The SC did not expand gun rights a-holes.


4 posted on 02/04/2023 8:19:10 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: CtBigPat

Good. It’s time for some sanity when it comes to drugs. Alcohol is far more dangerous.


5 posted on 02/04/2023 8:19:51 PM PST by CtBigPat (The time of Crisis is ending. Now comes Normalization.)
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To: CtBigPat
citing last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights.

No, it did not. It merely clarified the meaning of the 2nd Amendment. See Tagline.

6 posted on 02/04/2023 8:20:13 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: CtBigPat

Interesting. It will be appealed, of course, but if it stands that’s one little check box on the 4473 that’s going away.


7 posted on 02/04/2023 8:23:10 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: CtBigPat

Way I read second amendment is all American citizens have a right to keep and bear arms. I didn’t read of any limits
regardless of their bad habits.
If their habits cause problems then there is thing called quick due process to deprive them of their rights.
Y’all get it?


8 posted on 02/04/2023 8:30:25 PM PST by rellic
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When you answer the questions on Form 4473 and sign under penalty of perjury, you have a record that you are not a user of marijuana. If you choose to use it after signing a Form 4473, you have a legal dilemma. A drug test and a copy of the Form 4473 is evidence of perjury.
9 posted on 02/04/2023 8:34:33 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: CtBigPat

The whole crop of current federal gun regulations have no enumerated power backing them, they are all unconstitutional.

If only we didn’t have lawless jurists devoted to Arbitrary governance rather than the Law they swear to uphold.


10 posted on 02/04/2023 8:37:28 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: CtBigPat

There is a difference between saying drug users can’t have guns, and saying that people can’t use guns while under the influence of a mind altering drug. Including Alcohol.


12 posted on 02/04/2023 8:38:04 PM PST by Revel
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To: CtBigPat

BOOM! That’s MY president who appointed that judge!


14 posted on 02/04/2023 8:41:20 PM PST by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: CtBigPat

The judge is right of course.

Let’s hear the Left object. The contortions they’ll go thru will be hilarious.


15 posted on 02/04/2023 8:42:49 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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17 posted on 02/04/2023 8:48:19 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: CtBigPat

The fact anyone even wonders if such a ban is unconstitutional worries me.

What else will they use to ban people from their 2nd Amendment right?


27 posted on 02/04/2023 9:31:56 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CtBigPat

Good decision by Judge Wyrick. I’m not a marijuana user myself, but there are many older people who use marijuana, often medically prescribed, to alleviate pain. They are otherwise law-abiding gun owners. They should not be penalized and prevented from exercising their Second Amendment rights for such usage. “Shall not be infringed” means just that!


34 posted on 02/04/2023 10:14:21 PM PST by CFW (old and retired)
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To: CtBigPat

The Judge is incorrect. The addict is incompetent, and the founders would have done the same.


37 posted on 02/04/2023 11:20:38 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: CtBigPat

Our governor already affirmed the 2nd Amendment rights of legal medical card holders such as myself. This was destined to fail. This is a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary State Deal with it


49 posted on 02/05/2023 6:34:02 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: CtBigPat

So the guy on youtube with the russian accent can start his channel back up? Get his guns back?


62 posted on 02/05/2023 4:25:45 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood)
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To: CtBigPat

The law being struck down here, along with other similar laws across the country, are nothing more than gun control by another name.


72 posted on 02/05/2023 7:40:24 PM PST by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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