A post-Heller suit
Drug users lose second amendment rights:
The U.S. District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin has issued what appears to be first opinion in the country since D.C. v. Heller, 128 S.Ct. 2783 (2008), to consider whether the federal ban on possession of firearms by users of controlled substances runs afoul of the Second Amendment.
On Oct. 3, Judge Barbara B. Crabb denied a motion to dismiss the charge, concluding that the right to bear arms does not extend to drug users.
Dismissing the argument by the defendant, Matthew Yancey, Judge Crabb wrote, “Defendant is one of many charged or convicted persons who believe that the United States Supreme Court’s decision in [Heller] means that no one in possession of a firearm can be convicted of a crime, whatever the status of the person possessing it. Defendant is wrong.”
Should they also lose their right to vote, speak freely, and peaceably assemble?
October 9th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Should they also lose their right to vote, speak freely, and peaceably assemble?
In many states they do lose their right to vote.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:57 am
LOL, Uncle.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Possess firearms and vote?
No way.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Well, the drug users in knew in college had lost the ability to speak, (freely or not), and seemed uninterested in voting, along with any action not directly related to acquiring more drugs.
In their defense, though, they were REALLY good at assembling peaceably. Usually in somebody’s dorm room, with a bong…
October 9th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I’m just as interested in when they get out… The Lefty’s always want to restore their voting rights, because they’ve ‘paid their dept’ (whether or not they’ve ever coughed up a cent of restitution), but oddly, those same Lefty activists never want to restore their gun rights… Odd, Huh? Kinda makes a person think: If we can’t trust them with a gun, how can you call then ‘reformed’. If they aren’t reformed, why are they being released?
October 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
The beauty of the phrase “drug users lose second amendment rights” is that if they win, you can always turn it around and say “Drug losers use second amendment rights.”