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I'm wondering if anyone can answer a question for me? Ohio has just recently passed medical marijuana law. It's going to take us a couple years to get up and running with it ore importantly I'm curious how it will impact the Fed laws of buying a gun. On the ATF form 4743 it asks if your addicted to marijuana etc..? What happens if you've got a MM card and the ATF sees it on a background check? See where I'm going? I heard from a guy in Michigan that said you can't buy a firearm if you have a medical marijuana card.
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Why doesn't the form ask if your a alcoholic? DUI?
Anyone from other states with MMcards please help out?
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If you have a MMC in Montana you are in violation of federal law and will be denied approval from purchasing a firearm.
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11-05-2016, 12:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2016, 12:15 AM by kb18no1.)
Weigh your risk/reward... also consider who may win the upcoming election.
Firearms are far more important to me than mmj.
In Colorado, I believe they say the mmj database is private. Problem is - I just don't trust the government, especially since one party wants to completely disarm Americans and strip there constitutional rights.
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In CA if you have a card, no guns. At my lgs a couple months ago and the owner told me about a guy getting denied earlier that day.
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I believe the issue is state vs federal.
States may allow mmc but it violates federal law and the Feds are the ones who give the ok to buy firearms.
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Yep, weed is illegal according the the Feds, regardless if your state is okay with allowing illegal drugs in your state.
Until the Feds change it, if one must choose between exercising 2A rights, or getting high.
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ATF just updated the 4473 to specifically to prohibit medical marijuana users, regardless of legality in your State.
I'm not stating an opinion, just what one of the many updates was to the 4473.
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11-19-2016, 04:18 AM
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And its worse if you have C3 goodies... I won't get a card even if it is legal (now true in where I live in MT)... Too much database sharing will occur in the future...
And I was living in CO with they legalized recreational use... It went to hell quickly there...
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Yes. The forces that want to limit our 2nd Amendment Rights are using the Federal marijuana laws have found a weak point in the armor. They will exploit that weakness. It's what they do. (left or right of center it's the same goal) How long until a MMC will preclude a person from a CCW licence? How much longer after that will a hunting licence be forbidden for people with MMCs?
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Mav714 Wrote:On the ATF form 4743 it asks if your addicted to marijuana etc..? What happens if you've got a MM card and the ATF sees it on a background check? See where I'm going? I heard from a guy in Michigan that said you can't buy a firearm if you have a medical marijuana card. .
Why doesn't the form ask if your a alcoholic? DUI?
Undoubtedly because consumption of alcoholic beverages is not in violation of Federal law.
If Prohibition had not been repealed, and alcohol use was made legal at the State level, it's a safe bet that such a question would be on the 4473.
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Drift Wrote:Yes. The forces that want to limit our 2nd Amendment Rights are using the Federal marijuana laws have found a weak point in the armor.
I wouldn't characterize this as "a weak point in the armor." Since use of marijuana violates Federal law, the ATF has no real choice but to address the matter with the update to the 4473.
Quote:How long until a MMC will preclude a person from a CCW licence? How much longer after that will a hunting licence be forbidden for people with MMCs?
Since those licenses -- like the MMC -- are issued by the individual States, what rationale could be used for denials?
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So (trying to get back on topic) to answer Mav 714s queston. Most of us here believe that a MMC and a form 4473 to be (at least) a potential problem if you go that rout to obtain a firearm.
