The big difference is that having ammunition isnt illegal.
Yet. And the legal precedent for inferring intent is already set. If you don't complain about it now, you can't complain about it then.
it dries out and goes bad and you can't smoke it anymore
Didn't know that. What about vacuum sealers? Foodsaver, I think it is. That should work, works for corn. Maybe potheads just aren't thinking long term.
Besides, I am pretty sure that doesn't apply to heroin or cocaine. I could be wrong, though. Maybe pills - my antibiotics have an expiration date on them. The same law is used for those drugs as well.
If they want to increase the penalty for the amount of drug in a person’s possession, then they should do that. No reason to speculate in a court of law about someone’s intentions, which are knowable only to himself, and which he can not be compelled to share.
Considering what most antis think of us, it wouldn’t be a good thing to allow someone to guess at my intentions, given the contents of my safe and ammo locker.
You're right, though. I don't like the drug laws. They need to go. Along with the war on drugs. What, or even if, a man smokes, sniffs, inhales, or injects into his own body is none of my business. I want him to stay out of mine, so I’ll stay out of his.
I am not defending the man's intelligence or choice of careers. I am just saying that if he does it in a way that doesn't harm anyone, then it isn't anyone's business.
No, I didn't forget about the children or families in general. Alcoholic parents can do a great deal of harm, too. But physical abuse and neglect is already illegal. Does it matter the reason? Did banning alcohol end child abuse and domestic violence? If it did, then where are all those white haired women of the temperance leagues at? We should call them back to active duty.
As far as society in general goes, as someone pointed out elsewhere, "When did the beer distributors and rum runners stop shooting at each other? Right after prohibition ended."
Sarge:
Officer discretion, I like that. Does that carry over to firearms violations? Like a pat on the shoulder and a reminder to wear a good cover garment and a recommendation for a better holster?
Sorry for the meandering, probably off-topic post. Sunday afternoons have a tendency to do that to me.
[Edit: In order to clarify: inferring intent based on actions, like in a murder case, did he plan it?, or in a self-defense case, where hunting someone down the street and putting four bullets in his back shows an intent other than self-defense, is appropriate. That is what I meant in my previous post when I said they should have to
show intent. Often, in drug cases, they can't show anything like actual intent.]
