Triggerfinger

Montana

According to ballot language approved by the attorney general, if I-148 is passed, patients could use marijuana, under medical supervision, to alleviate the symptoms of conditions including cancer, glaucoma, and HIV/AIDS, or other conditions or treatments that produce wasting, severe or chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, severe muscle spasms, or other conditions defined by the state.

Additionally, a patient or patient's caregiver could register to grow and possess limited amounts of marijuana by submitting to the state written certification by a physician that the patient has a debilitating medical condition and would benefit from using marijuana.

AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM REGULATION UNDER THE COMMERCE CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES A FIREARM, A FIREARM ACCESSORY, OR AMMUNITION MANUFACTURED AND RETAINED IN MONTANA.

A personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Montana and that remains within the borders of Montana is not subject to federal law or federal regulation under the authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce.

A Montana citizen whom the government of the United States attempts to prosecute, under the congressional power to regulate interstate commerce, for violation of a federal law concerning the manufacture, sale, transfer, or possession of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained within Montana must be defended in full by the Montana attorney general.

This hasn't passed, it's just a draft, and not even a final draft. But it's very interesting. Let's see if we can push this one through the legislature when the chance presents itself. Anyone in Montana able to keep an eye on things?

... you know, I wouldn't put it past an anti-gun crusader to park their RV somewhere behind a firing line and out of sight deliberately, in order to make a stink when the unfortunate inevitable happens.  Hat tip to Alphecca...

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