Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Pennsylvania — It is entirely legal in the state of Pennsylvania to use and possess marijuana so long as the user has a valid issued patient Medical Marijuana Card. Also, there is no law in Pennsylvania that states medical marijuana patients have to turn in their guns. However, the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) care not about state laws and have issued a statement demanding anyone with a Medical Marijuana Card turn in their guns—or you are in violation of the law—therefore you will be arrested.
While the state of Pennsylvania has no law on the books that forces legal marijuana patients to turn in their guns, the state police are ignoring state’s rights and doubling down on the tyrannical federal law.
This week, the PSP issued a statement on their website informing all medical marijuana patients that refusing to turn in their guns makes them criminals. Because the tyrannical federal government still ignorantly considers cannabis to have no medical use whatsoever and to be a dangerous drug, the PSP is now promising to act as a hand of the feds to oppress the Second Amendment rights of entirely innocent marijuana patients.
The statement on PSP’s website reads in part:
It is legal under Pennsylvania law for the holder of a validly issued patient Medical Marijuana Card to possess approved forms of medical marijuana. However, as per the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) state legalization of medical marijuana is not recognized by the federal government;, and possession of a valid Medical Marijuana Card and/or the use of medical marijuana defines you an “unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance”; and, therefore, prohibited by Federal law from the purchase or acquisition, possession or control of a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), and 27 C.F.R. § 478.32(a)(3).
The PSP went on to clarify all aspects of anyone who would dare try to treat their glaucoma or epilepsy with legal weed and how it will land them in jail.
If you are holder of a Medical Marijuana Card, it is important that you know:
• It is unlawful for you to attempt to purchase a firearm under Federal law and you will be denied during your Pennsylvania State Police background check, due to prohibitions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3).
• It is unlawful under federal law for you to keep possession of any firearms which you owned or had in your possession prior to obtaining a medical marijuana card, and we recommend that you consult an attorney if you have any questions about your firearms. Again, this is due to prohibitions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3).
• It is also unlawful for you to apply for, possess or renew a Pennsylvania License to Carry Firearm (LTC), because you are “[a]n individual who is prohibited from possessing or acquiring a firearm under the statutes of the United States.” (see above). The sheriff should not process your application if you truthfully indicate to the sheriff that you are the holder of a Medical Marijuana Card. Additionally, you will be denied during the Pennsylvania State Police background check, which occurs as part of the LTC application or renewal process.
Naturally, gun owners in the state—who haven’t bought into the ‘reefer madness’ rhetoric—are outraged. As KDKA reports, Patrick Nightingale who is a criminal defense attorney, a gun owner, and a recent applicant for a medical marijuana card says the PSP’s approach is disturbing.
According to KDKA, what disturbs him is a State Police statement on their website, citing federal law, telling medical marijuana cardholders, “It is unlawful for you to keep possession of any firearms which you owned or had in your possession prior to obtaining a medical marijuana card, and you should consult an attorney about the best way to dispose of your firearms.”
But Nightengale says that’s simply not true.
“Firearms are woven into the fabric of our country. It’s the second most important right in the Bill of Rights,” the attorney says.
Now the question is, will these PSP officers—who swore an oath to defend the constitution—begin confiscating guns or arresting people with medical marijuana cards?
Thanks to Jeff Sessions, who announced on Thursday that the federal government is rescinding a policy that allowed states to use their own discretion on marijuana laws, the PSP will likely receive federal funding to enforce this law.
According to Nightingale, if the PSP does enforce this federal law, they’ll be the criminals. But they likely won’t care.
“The Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, or any of the local law enforcement departments throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have absolutely no jurisdiction to enforce federal law,” says Nightingale.
However, if history is any indicator, those who unlawfully enforce unjust laws are more often celebrated as heroes than decried as criminals. So, Pennsylvania citizens who wish to protect themselves and self-medicate with a plant would do well to either raise awareness and attempt to force the executive to uphold the constitution—or move.
As TFTP reported in November, residents in Honolulu, Hawaii, were recently informed of a similar unconstitutional mandate that if they use cannabis for medicinal purposes, they will be given 30 days to “voluntarily surrender” their firearms and ammunition before the Honolulu Police Department begins confiscation.
Similar confiscations are happening in Ohio as well. Welcome to the land of the “free.”
entrapment at its finest
i hope no one “turns them in” ..making it so these tyrants wanting to push federal law can come and try taking them
these people were also lead to believe that none of their rights would be violated if they chose this remedy ..so what happened to that?
I sincerely hope these control freaks get the pointy end of the stick.
As I’ve said many times on here before–it’s as if the criminal psycho elites are dying to see a revolt of we the People! Why do you think Trump signed that executive order to do the civil asset forfeiture gig on “terrorists” and those who oppose him and his buddy, Sessions, who basically opened this can of worms? And since most Americans and Pennsylvanians have already decided the Constitution isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on… for the most part the folks in the US have become a load of cowards. Thank God for the true 3 percenters (and us Trenchers). And is all this crap the reason various state lawmakers “legalized” medical marijuana in the first place–to take our guns? Hmmmmmmm…. It’ll be interesting to see if this ever happens in Texas, where pot legalization is about as likely as pigs flying….
‘And is all this crap the reason various state lawmakers “legalized” medical marijuana in the first place–to take our guns? ‘…that and the push now for ‘reciprocity’ of concealed carry…get the (M)asses to apply for those permission slips……gorks don’t realize that is the same as registration?
Yep, DL. Money and power is behind everything they do. Nothing they EVER do does not have a chain attached to it. But people stiiiiiiillllllll fall for it!
Charlie Brown-‘AAAAARGHH!!!”
‘Because the tyrannical federal government still ignorantly considers cannabis to have no medical use whatsoever and to be a dangerous drug, ‘…..uh….no the tyrannical fed govt. KNOWS cannabis to have health benefits
“…..According to Nightingale, if the PSP does enforce this federal law, they’ll be the criminals. But they likely won’t care…..”
They’re right. They likely won’t care…..unless of course, a few pig heads get shredded by buckshot. Then they’ll care, and ONLY then.
“Now the question is, will these PSP officers—who swore an oath to defend the constitution—begin confiscating guns or arresting people with medical marijuana cards?”
Their lips were moving so you know they were lying when they swore said oath. They break it every day so given the question, why would this time be any different? I wouldn’t get their “permission” to begin with for ANYTHING they have to offer so F them, but the dummies who thought this bait on a hook are sure learning a lesson. Odds are, if you applied for this ridiculous slave card you won’t have the cajones to resist confiscation anyway. You showed your hand by groveling once. Let’s just hope that perhaps there will be a few that are willing to teach the psp a lesson in the Second Article and WHY it exists.
Resist, be prepared to fight and arrest the ENEMY, do not submit to OUTLAWS.
What would they do if all those card holders said FU , feel lucky ?
Come get um
Than what?
For once I’d like to see the people say
F you
Try it !
“• It is unlawful under federal law for you to keep possession of any firearms which you owned or had in your possession prior to obtaining a medical marijuana card.”
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I think this is OUTSTANDING news! This is the kind of article I look for every day… a MAJOR attempt to further the NWO agenda. I’ll explain why below…
“… in November, residents in Honolulu, Hawaii, were recently informed of a similar unconstitutional mandate that if they use cannabis for medicinal purposes, they will be given 30 days to “voluntarily surrender” their firearms and ammunition before the Honolulu Police Department begins confiscation.”
I’ll tell EXACTLY what I think happened there… they monitored ALL the social media closely (phone calls/e-mails as well), and figured out they had nowhere NEAR the # of pigs necessary to perpetrate the treason. Their entire force would have been dead before getting even a small percentage of the weapons there.
Can’t WAIT to see what the Penns will do to those POS PIG TRAITORS!!!!!
They were telling people to do this as they drink from a fifth of Jim bean
Disavow Mary Jane and you will receive a voucher for the pharmaceutical product of your choice in addition to 100 free rounds of hollow point ammunition. And an all expenses trip to Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, or Ft Hood.
I don’t know where to put this so have at it. A long read, but if your blood doesn’t boil over you’re already dead.
Jews ran and controlled every aspect of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and brought the Africans to the Americas.
https://archive.fo/fqZ7a
flek, thanks for the link. I’ve started reading it and am shocked that this joo crud in this country dates WAY back. Many may have already known this, but I’m learning now.