Should Drug Users Be Denied Guns?
SodaHead Politics
2011/01/17 15:00:00
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A flurry of potential new laws are being discussed in Washington following the tragic shootings in Arizona. Is there a way to prevent future attacks? Democratic New York Senator Chuck Schumer has one idea that doesn't cost anything or even require legislation: if someone tells a federal official he or she uses drugs, that info would be passed along to the FBI so the person wouldn't be allowed to buy a gun.
Federal law currently prohibits the sale of firearms to anyone who is an "unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance," so if the military, which rejected Jared Lee Loughner for his admitted drug use, had notified the FBI, theoretically Loughner would not have been able to purchase his gun.
Schumer appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press:"
"There, there are certain things that can be done that are - that don't even require legislation. After Jared Loughner was interviewed by the military, he was rejected from the Army because of excessive drug use. Now, by law, by law that's on the books, he should not have been allowed to buy a gun. But the law doesn't require the military to notify the FBI about that, and in this case they didn't.
"So I this morning I'm writing the administration and urging that that be done, That the military notify the FBI when someone is rejected from the military for excessive drug use and that be added to the FBI database."
Federal law currently prohibits the sale of firearms to anyone who is an "unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance," so if the military, which rejected Jared Lee Loughner for his admitted drug use, had notified the FBI, theoretically Loughner would not have been able to purchase his gun.
Schumer appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press:"
"There, there are certain things that can be done that are - that don't even require legislation. After Jared Loughner was interviewed by the military, he was rejected from the Army because of excessive drug use. Now, by law, by law that's on the books, he should not have been allowed to buy a gun. But the law doesn't require the military to notify the FBI about that, and in this case they didn't.
"So I this morning I'm writing the administration and urging that that be done, That the military notify the FBI when someone is rejected from the military for excessive drug use and that be added to the FBI database."
Read More: http://weaselzippers.us/2011/01/16/sen-chuck-schum...
Top Opinion
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Steve Johnson 2011/01/18 04:10:27
Drugs....Illegal drugs? Prescription drugs? Alcohol? Tobacco? Cafeine?
Your not allowed to drive a car when under influence but as a heavy or regular drinker you are allowed to buy one, you want that right taken away as well? (far stretch? not that much, think about it)
I haven't smoked pot for years and i have NO felonies why should i be bared from owning a gun?
Also these stinking liberals are trying to sneak around the constitution by trying to enact a law like this.
Maybe you should be drug tested when you go to buy a gun, and if you have coke, meth or heroin in your system then you should not be able to buy guns.
However i am fundamentally against this for i know that they will claim that everyone has a measurable amount of THC in their system and that would bar everyone from gun ownership.
The liberals will stoop to the lowest levels to accomplish their bullsh!t goals.
WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN!!!!!!!!
Think people. Do not allow our government to take any of your rights. We are at a crossroads in the country and we shall loose our freedom if we are not extremely vigilant and hold our elected officials up to the standards set forth in our Constitution and Bill of Rights.