New Marijuana Laws and gun purchases.

[BSA1]

So there is no longer a written definition / standard of how longer a person must abstain from use of marijuana before purchasing a firearm?

What a typical government mess.

 

[Frank Ettin]

So there is no longer a written definition / standard of how longer a person must abstain from use of marijuana before purchasing a firearm?....

When was there? What was it? Documentation/evidence?

This has been the applicable definition for at least the last 35 years (27 CFR 478.11, emphasis added):

Unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance. A person who uses a controlled substance and has lost the power of self-control with reference to the use of controlled substance; and any person who is a current user of a controlled substance in a manner other than as prescribed by a licensed physician. Such use is not limited to the use of drugs on a particular day, or within a matter of days or weeks before, but rather that the unlawful use has occurred recently enough to indicate that the individual is actively engaged in such conduct. A person may be an unlawful current user of a controlled substance even though the substance is not being used at the precise time the person seeks to acquire a firearm or receives or possesses a firearm. An inference of current use may be drawn from evidence of a recent use or possession of a controlled substance or a pattern of use or possession that reasonably covers the present time, e.g., a conviction for use or possession of a controlled substance within the past year; multiple arrests for such offenses within the past 5 years if the most recent arrest occurred within the past year; or persons found through a drug test to use a controlled substance unlawfully, provided that the test was administered within the past year. For a current or former member of the Armed Forces, an inference of current use may be drawn from recent disciplinary or other administrative action based on confirmed drug use, e.g., court-martial conviction, nonjudicial punishment, or an administrative discharge based on drug use or drug rehabilitation failure.

There's no fixed, bright-line standard there. At best some factors which may, or may not, be considered are identified.

 

[BSA1]

When was there? What was it? Documentation/evidence?

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There's no fixed, bright-line standard there. At best some factors which may, or may not, be considered are identified.

Search functions on the Internet have never been my friend.

I tried to find a copy of the previous Form 4473 without any luck. Maybe a THR Member with better google-foo can find a copy. As I said I think the previous definition for 11.e. said a buyer had to abstain from use of marijuana for one year prior to purchasing a firearm.

 

[Frank Ettin]

.....I tried to find a copy of the previous Form 4473 without any luck. Maybe a THR Member with better google-foo can find a copy. As I said I think the previous definition for 11.e. said a buyer had to abstain from use of marijuana for one year prior to purchasing a firearm.

I just looked at a form 4473 with a revision date of 2012 which I have as a pdf. There is nothing about a time frame in the text of the question, 11.e., nor are there any instructions or clarifications for question 11.e., as there are for several, but not all, other questions.

 

[2bfree]

I missed older copy.

 

[Snyper]

This is guidance from the ATF:

Quote:
A person who uses a controlled substance and has lost the power of self-control with reference to the use of the controlled substance; and any person who is a current user of a controlled substance in a manner other than as prescribed by a licensed physician.

Such use is not limited to the use of drugs on a particular day, or within a matter of days or weeks before, but rather that the unlawful use has occurred recently enough to indicate that the individual is actively engaged in such conduct. A person may be an unlawful current user of a controlled substance even though the substance is not being used at the precise time the person seeks to acquire a firearm or receives or possesses a firearm. An inference of current use may be drawn from evidence of a recent use or possession of a controlled substance or a pattern of use or possession that reasonably covers the present time, e.g., a conviction for use or possession of a controlled substance within the past year, or multiple arrests for such offenses within the past five years if the most recent arrest occurred within the past year.

More ATF "guidance":
https://www.atf.gov/file/60211/download

 

[Bad Ninja]

Medical MJ Caregivers in CA own guns without problems, as long as they aren't users and don't have firearms anywhere on a premises where MJ is located.
At least the local LEOs don't take issue unless the two are found together.

I actually know a few people who work in the industry and own guns.
They just never mix the two, and they dont use.

You must pass a criminal background check to work in CAs legal MMJ industry. No felons allowed.