Ahh... I think we need to get marijuana legalized.

[cory]

As a 2nd Amendment supporter I see in the news that people in States out west are no longer able to legally buy firearms if they have a medical marijuana card.
The good news is..so far if people were prescribed narcotics are still able to exercise that right. I myself took 2 days of pain medicine after some dental work..and I wonder how long it will take for the above president to be expanded apon by the anti gun lobby.
A suspension of the 2nd Amendment rights of people who are prescribed marijuana is fundamentally no different from the suspension of 2nd Amendment rights from people prescribed pain pills, or sleeping pills or ADD medicine. And I understand that 160,000,000 prescriptions were written for controlled substances last year. In 1 fell swoop half of all Americans may be prevented form legally buying guns.
I submit to the Horde that we need to support 2nd Amendment liberties for all..Even the pot heads have Constitutional rights...and we should support them.

The problem here is that a marijuana card is seen by many conservatives as a form of proof that the holder is mentally unstable. There is widespread accepatnce that the mentally unfit should not possess firearms, automobiles, knives, baseball bats, bricks, and so on. The denial for legal use of marijuana is seen as a simple extension of keeping guns put of the hands of the mentally unstable. The same logic is attempted when denying the right to bear arms to veterans who need help with forms.

We seem to be forgetting that denying constitutional rights without due process is a big issue.

Regardless of the substance, it being used in a legal way would be not, per se, be grounds for denial of any rights. The individual must see due process. By this the process must include the usual felony due process to include indictment, arrest, trial and conviction.

I am still struggling with how to balance due process with denial for unstable behavior.

+1 on these.