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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 3224898" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/29/honolulu-police-order-medical-marijuana-cardholders-surrender-firearms/" target="_blank">Honolulu Police Order Medical Marijuana Cardholders to Surrender Their Firearms - Breitbart</a>&nbsp;HPD chief Susan Ballard points to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 134-7 (a), which says, “No person who is a fugitive from justice or is a person prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition under federal law shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor.”On August 31, 2016, <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/31/federal-court-gun-ban-marijuana-card-holders-constitutional/" target="_blank">Breitbart News</a> reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a ban on gun ownership for medical marijuana users is constitutional. The decision was based on the fact that marijuana use remains illegal on the federal level, whether state-sanctioned or not. This means medical marijuana cardholders cannot pass background check form 4473 and, therefore, cannot legally purchase a firearm.<a href="https://www.atf.gov/file/61446/download" target="_blank">Form 4473</a> asks if the would-be firearm purchaser is “an unlawful user of…marijuana.” No one who answers “yes” to that question can purchase a gun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 3224898, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/29/honolulu-police-order-medical-marijuana-cardholders-surrender-firearms/"]Honolulu Police Order Medical Marijuana Cardholders to Surrender Their Firearms - Breitbart[/URL] HPD chief Susan Ballard points to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 134-7 (a), which says, “No person who is a fugitive from justice or is a person prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition under federal law shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor.” On August 31, 2016, [URL='http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/31/federal-court-gun-ban-marijuana-card-holders-constitutional/']Breitbart News[/URL] reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a ban on gun ownership for medical marijuana users is constitutional. The decision was based on the fact that marijuana use remains illegal on the federal level, whether state-sanctioned or not. This means medical marijuana cardholders cannot pass background check form 4473 and, therefore, cannot legally purchase a firearm. [URL='https://www.atf.gov/file/61446/download']Form 4473[/URL] asks if the would-be firearm purchaser is “an unlawful user of…marijuana.” No one who answers “yes” to that question can purchase a gun. [/QUOTE]

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