Fwd: [grendelreport] DOJ Gives ATF Orders To commit Civil Forfeiture Against Medical Marijuana Gun Owners

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DOJ Gives ATF Orders To commit Civil Forfeiture Against Medical

 Marijuana Gun Owners

 

While the profit motive police model has been one the feds have slowly

 been getting away from since the late 90′s due to the inherent abuse

 and corruption it breeds and rights it violates,…The DOJ has not

 decided the already regressive BATF shall become officially devolve

 even more quickly and completely,…giving a big giant green light for

 them to now seize guns in civil forfeiture cases wherever drug abuse

 by the owner is merely suspected. No charges necessary, no due process.

While the latest directive does not come out and say it, this is an

 obvious attempt at a ham-fisted solution to states’ rights medical

 marijuana issue. While many states have said it is ok for citizens to

 possess weed, the feds have been trying to dissuade the practice by

 seeking to revoke concealed carry permits and other civil rights

 related to gun possession by those who seek medical marjiuana status.

 But this has turned out to be more effort than the feds have been

 prepared for, and costly. In short, there are just too many damned

 people to prosecute, most of whom fight and don’t just roll over,

 for the courts to handle the work load.

 

So, their answer to that logistical problem is to just dispense with

 due process, making everything much easier, cheaper and less time-consuming.

 

Since medical marijuana users are required to have a state license,

 they are listed in a handy database. Holders of CCW cards as well, are

 also databased, making the two lists easily cross-referenced. Hitler

 would have been impressed. Soon, anyone who appears on both lists will

 be getting their doors kicked in. But is that all? What if you are an

 activist who fights for and promotes medical marijuana or ending the

 War on Drugs? To law enforcement, is that likely to be interpreted

 that you must also be a user of such substances? (Remember, SUSPICION

 is all that is required.) Might gun owners who have fought to end the

 Drug War end up getting raided. ATF’s history as a dangerous rogue

 agency suggests that is a valid worry.

 

am-fisted solution to states’ rights medical marijuana issue. While

 many states have said it is ok for citizens to possess weed, the feds

 have been trying to dissuade the practice by seeking to revoke

 concealed carry permits and other civil rights related to gun

 possession by those who seek medical marjiuana status. But this has

 turned out to be more effort than the feds have been prepared for, and

 costly. In short, there are just too many damned people to prosecute,

 most of whom fight and don’t just roll over, for the courts to handle the work load.

 

So, their answer to that logistical problem is to just dispense with

 due process, making everything much easier, cheaper and less time-consuming.

 

Since medical marijuana users are required to have a state license,

 they are listed in a handy database. Holders of CCW cards as well, are

 also databased, making the two lists easily cross-referenced. Hitler

 would have been impressed. Soon, anyone who appears on both lists will

 be getting their doors kicked in. But is that all? What if you are an

 activist who fights for and promotes medical marijuana or ending the

 War on Drugs? To law enforcement, is that likely to be interpreted

 that you must also be a user of such substances? (Remember, SUSPICION

 is all that is required.) Might gun owners who have fought to end the

 Drug War end up getting raided. ATF’s history as a dangerous rogue

 agency suggests that is a valid worry.

 

 

http://www.realnewsreporter.com/?p=9725

 

 

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