2 ounces is a LOT of pot. A dealable quantity, even if he didn't have his baggies and scale out.
Well 2 ounces CAN be a lot, depending on the grade. If it was just Mexican Commercial Brickweed, 2oz could be just for personal consumption (about $120 worth depending on the market). The scales and baggies would seem to indicate that he was dealing. Weights are kind of arbitrary though.. some people just like to buy in bulk. Ive known some people would buy more than an ounce of high-grade stuff at a time just for themselves.
In any event, even if he was dealing, 2oz is still a pathetically small amount to call in the JBTs over.
Pick a subject you know something about. Two ounces of pot is not a lot of pot, certainly not worth killing about. This is a classic example of what's wrong with the war on drugs.
2 ounces is certainly enough to deal, but it's also small enough for private consumption. If you smoke marijuana often enough, sooner or later you are going to get tired of paying higher prices, and buying more frequently. Stocking up pays off. I know people who have 4 ounces of pot for personal consumption at home, because they think that if they have to buy it less frequently, that's less exposure and less danger of getting in trouble.
Personally, if this guy got 5 bullets for every 1 ounce of weed at his house, there would have been times in the past where my roommates could have been riddled with 50 bullets. And that too was for personal consumption.
The main point is that it's a sad commentary on our wonderful experiment in Liberty, when a man is in a position where he is shot 10 times for possessing, even with intent to sell, 2 ounces of dried plant material.
They should've shot him 20 more times, huh? /sarc
"2 ounces is a LOT of pot."
Not really. I've known a number of pot heads over the years. The ones with steady incomes usually bought a quarter pound (4 ounces)at a time because it was cheaper that way.
Two ounces isn't so much that it couldn't reasonably be for personal use. It will fit in two sandwhich baggies.
However, it sound like from the article, that the police has staged a drug buy from the house prior to getting the warrant. So it's kind of a moot point.
Get a clue before you try to talk on a subject. You are embarrassing yourself. Two ounces of pot isn't anything.
There is probably 5,000 pounds being brought in across our borders daily by illegals.