[HN Gopher] U.S. federal judge tosses gun possession case agains...
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       U.S. federal judge tosses gun possession case against drug users
        
       Author : maxwell
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-04-12 20:09 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | throwing_away wrote:
       | When will the marijuana question come off the ATF form?
        
       | jMyles wrote:
       | About damn time.
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       | The entire ban is simply to drive a cultural wedge between
       | between identities - you can be a pot-smoking hippie, or a gun-
       | totin' traditionalist, but don't you dare have be more nuanced
       | than that.
       | 
       | There has never been an empirical basis for such a ban with
       | respect to public safety.
        
         | seanw444 wrote:
         | Granted, operating a weapon under the influence is a stupid
         | idea. Just as it is with respect to driving. I mean, before
         | now, we may as well just ban alcoholics from getting drivers
         | licenses. At least then there'd be more statistical evidence to
         | back it up, and there isn't a constitutional protection for the
         | right to drive a vehicle.
        
         | sharemywin wrote:
         | In all fairness I'm not sure there's been much research on
         | anything related to guns and safety at least in the US. The
         | would violate the NRAs right to scare the shit out of the
         | public into buying more guns.
        
           | seanw444 wrote:
           | There are stats from the CDC and FBI. Spoiler alert: they
           | don't corroborate the popular narrative.
        
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