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dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
34. Something ese to consider:
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 04:52 PM
Mar 2013

I think I saw a headline somewhere about MMJ patients not clearing background checks to own guns because of their patient status. Know anything about that?

Regarding the handgun collection you posted about, I don't know how I feel about that. If it went down the way you say, that sounds ridiculous, however I'd need to know the full circumstances. I'm not a gun supporter, I don't like them and don't like living in a country that has so many of them, but I'd rather see us make guns uncool and therefore less common, rather than taking them back in actions like you describe. I can imagine some circumstances where I could support armed raids to collect them.

This thread, however, is not a gun thread, it's a thread about unjust prohibition and its consequences. Should probably keep it that way. And that woman would have a difficult time killing anyone with those plants, so I don't see much of a parallel with the action you brought up.

K&R...n/t ms liberty Mar 2013 #1
Recommend. Shared. Tweeted. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #2
Raided an ALS patient? Lars39 Mar 2013 #3
proportionality seems to be missing in all sorts of circumstances in our modern life. nt xchrom Mar 2013 #4
wearing ski masks? magical thyme Mar 2013 #5
I was wondering exactly that: Why the masks? Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #6
We don't want any of those LEOs to be identified by dangerous terminally-ill criminals, do we?.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #9
The county sheriff doesn't get to run with a ski mask. Festivito Mar 2013 #31
Gotta protect that gravy train in the war on drugs. RC Mar 2013 #7
A lot of pensions and medical insuranbce depends on the war on drugs and prison industry Coyotl Mar 2013 #8
That poor woman. They just came in and ripped away her medicine at gunpoint? What fucking cretins. Ed Suspicious Mar 2013 #10
Folks, this has been Standard Operating Procedure by LEOs for years... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #11
And if they had had dogs, I guarantee the cops tblue37 Mar 2013 #24
Yes, I forgot that peculiar trait. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #27
and now for something completely different Mnpaul Mar 2013 #12
Cruel and Unusual Punishment Left Turn Only Mar 2013 #13
Lung cancer? DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #15
So... heroin and cocaine are ok? bobclark86 Mar 2013 #17
The Subject Was Pot Left Turn Only Mar 2013 #19
So...locking up people for putting the wrong substances in their body is OK? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #33
Lung Cancer No: geologic Mar 2013 #18
Thanks Left Turn Only Mar 2013 #21
It's a common mis-belief stemming from: geologic Mar 2013 #22
Lung cancer is an extraordinarily rare thing among people who kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #26
That short term memory is BS Politicalboi Mar 2013 #30
I am not familliar with the study abt lung cancer - truedelphi Mar 2013 #42
Why are we, Americans, so inhumane to each other??? shcrane71 Mar 2013 #14
The elite are inhumane. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #36
I wouldn't put a police officer in the same lines as the "elite" 1% shcrane71 Mar 2013 #39
Funny how when... krispos42 Mar 2013 #16
Something ese to consider: dreamnightwind Mar 2013 #34
I am of the firm belief... krispos42 Mar 2013 #40
Where are all the fucking cop defenders for this? n-t Logical Mar 2013 #20
I have small fiber sensory neuropathy, the most severe chronic pain of all neurapathies. Dustlawyer Mar 2013 #23
And unlike morphine, pot is not addictive. nt tblue37 Mar 2013 #25
I'm glad you get some relief from pot. cali Mar 2013 #32
Sorry to hear of your situation! Chronic pain is tough, especially when you still have to Dustlawyer Mar 2013 #44
It's sad when the people who are suppose to protect you aren't....... think Mar 2013 #28
Maybe she's faking it Politicalboi Mar 2013 #29
The feds know it helps people like her- that's why it's illegal green for victory Mar 2013 #35
Just one??? geologic Mar 2013 #37
thanks for that green for victory Mar 2013 #38
She'll walk. Buddyblazon Mar 2013 #41
Such MEN, such HEROISM DiverDave Mar 2013 #43
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