MD to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Marijuana....

[BaiHu]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...washingtonpost

So lemme get this straight:

The 2nd Amendment, which is an individual right that cannot be infringed, isn't really as much of a 'right' that can't be 'infringed' as we originally thought. However, marijuana (which I don't use, but feel like we should tax/regulate), which is a Class 1 drug, is probably not so dangerous in small quantities and we should just not bother prosecuting it the same way after 76 years.

If I have this correct, soon you'll only be able to carry a 1 shot derringer, but you'll have no problem carrying a 6 ft hi-cap bong slinged over your shoulder?

[cclaxton]

A person who possesses a firearm while possessing Schedule I or II drugs, such as cocaine, heroine, LSD or illegal mushrooms, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. If the firearm is on or about his or her person, he or she also faces two to five years in prison, two years of which is a mandatory minimum sentence. If the person is found guilty of possessing a firearm and possessing the drugs with intent to distribute them, he or she faces a mandatory minimum five years in the penitentiary. The same mandatory sentence applies if the person possesses a firearm and more than a pound of marijuana. Virginia Code § 18.2-308.4.

[Byron]

Sen. Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County), the bill’s sponsor, said the Maryland legislation would affect “a small-time possessor” caught with up to 10 grams of marijuana, the equivalent of two joints.

Holy crap.

Those are some huge joints!

[Byron]

A person who possesses a firearm while possessing Schedule I or II drugs, such as cocaine, heroine, LSD or illegal mushrooms, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. If the firearm is on or about his or her person, he or she also faces two to five years in prison, two years of which is a mandatory minimum sentence.

Wait wait wait wait wait... if a VA resident is legally prescribed Adderall (a Schedule II substance), he cannot legally posses firearms? And if said resident takes his legally prescribed Adderall, he would be subject to a minimum mandatory sentence of two years in prison if he then carried his firearm in accordance with a legal permit?

[NMBigfoot02]

Holy crap.

Those are some huge joints!

[John Ralston]

Does it taste like Doberman?

[BaiHu]

This will fit right about here:

http://reason.com/reasontv/2013/03/1...ar-the-trailer

[LHS]

I guess I want the only person to have a flashback to "Let's Make a Dope Deal" upon reading that...

[Kyle Reese]

If I have this correct, soon you'll only be able to carry a 1 shot derringer, but you'll have no problem carrying a 6 ft hi-cap bong slinged over your shoulder?

Not in Maryland, at least the part about carrying the derringer.......

[Shellback]

Not in Maryland, at least the part about carrying the derringer.......

Especially with their new AWB around the corner... No bueno for MD residents.

Concerning the pot, I could care less, light it up. It'll save money and lives on both sides of the fence.