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Marijuana Prosecution Not a High Priority, Says Obama
Hugh Pickens writes "VOA reports that President Obama says it does not make sense for federal authorities to seek prosecution of recreational marijuana users in states where such use is legal. 'As it is, you know, the federal government has a lot to do when it comes to criminal prosecutions,' said Obama during a television interview with ABC's Barbara Walters. 'It does not make sense from a prioritization point of view for us to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that, under state law, that's legal.' When asked if he supported legalizing marijuana, the president said he was not endorsing that. 'I wouldn't go that far, but what I think is that, at this point, Washington and Colorado, you've seen the voters speak on this issue.'"
Maybe 4 years back I was driving in Toronto and listening to a US radio talk show channel from Niagara Falls I think (or Buffalo). It was actually around XMas and a lady called the show, she was asking for an advice on what type of rifle to buy to protect her home. She was thinking of some form of semi-automatic, she just wasn't sure about the type and the caliber. She was asking the host whether to buy an AR-15 or a shotgun. She said she was buying a present for herself, not anybody else.
I remember the host suggested a shotgun.
My point is that you are jumping to conclusions, but so do many other people. I mean you go to websites and see what people say, it's ridiculous. So many people are talking about tougher gun controls and things of that nature.
Connecticut has probably the strongest gun control laws out of the entire USA. That 20 y.o. guy wanted to buy another rifle for himself just days before shooting and was denied because of a waiting period. I think this is a better indicator that actually she did not buy the guns for her kid but just wanted the guns.
As to gun control, no, there shouldn't be any gun controls. AFAIC anybody should be able to buy any weapon, nuclear, whatever. As long as governments have weapons of mass destruction, so should individuals. You want to control guns in the hands of individuals, control it in the hands of your tyrannical governments first.
Obama came out with crocodile tears, and I mean alligator-crocodile-diplodoc tears. Why am I saying that? How many people has he personally killed over the last 4 years? How many of them were children? Just in Pakistan he increased drone strikes 10 fold.
He killed thousands of people and it's not clear that even half of them were not children.
He is a crocodile, he'll come for your guns, but he has much bigger guns, they are installed on fire-breathing, air-born dragons, he isn't crying for any of those children, even when they are American.
You can't handle the truth.
I don't think so. The way pot destroys ambition, motivation, and self-discipline, and erodes intelligence, it is hardly a path to prosperity. For these reasons the vast majority of pot users are unable to make a living for themselves and thus depend on public assistance and petty crime to support themselves and their habit. Never mind they would be perfectly capable of supporting themselves were it not for their use of pot --- they would rather be stoned and live off the burden of others.