“Do you use marijuana?” is one of many “yes or no” questions on Form 4473 from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Filling out the form is a requirement for gun purchasers in every state across the nation. Lying on that form is a federal crime.
The latest example is Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, a reformed addict who lied on is 4473 form and struck a plea deal with the US Justice Department to get off on a misdemeanor charge.
“The federal government still looks at marijuana usage the same as they look at heroin or cocaine,” said Portsmouth Virginia Sheriff Michael Moore. Moore was a special agent in the ATF who worked on drug and gun trafficking cases.
You can own a gun, and you can use marijuana (at least in the states that have legalized it) – but you can’t do both at the same time, regardless of where you live.
“If you’re a normal, everyday Virginian who uses marijuana regularly, whether it’s lawfully or unlawfully, it doesn’t matter,” said attorney Billy Jackson. “You can’t possess a firearm because under federal law, as you point out, it’s still illegal to even possess marijuana.”2 ways recreational marijuana could soon be legal in Ohio
It’s a law federal prosecutors believe Deja Taylor broke when she bought a 9-millimeter handgun from Winfree Firearms in July 2022. Her 6-year-old son would use that gun to shoot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, at a Virginia elementary school six months later.Teacher shot by first-grader was fired, attorney says. Email to division: ‘I wish to resign’
Taylor recently pleaded guilty to a pair of federal charges — making a false statement when buying a gun and possessing a firearm while illegally using marijuana — in the case.
“That’s why we have these laws on the books,” Jackson said. “To hold these individuals accountable for both their own firearm possession and what flows, what kind of danger flows from that firearm possession. And here, that harm that flowed from it was just devastating.”
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