• Tug@lemmy.world
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      There are 7 police officers in my town of 13k. We say “Sometimes there’s justice and sometimes there’s just us”

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        Whole lee shit this is good! I’ve always heard the adage “when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”

        And that’s true for both where I’m from(Miami) and where I moved to(the corner of bum fucked & nowhere)

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      I mean sure, it do be like that but also my old roommate, who never locked his car and kept weed and his work tools in it overnight, every night, walked around our neighborhood with a pistol “looking” for the guys who stole the aforementioned tools and weed.

      It happened 3 times…there’s something wrong with alot of us

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        Did he think that gave him a legal precedent? Like isn’t owning weed and a gun a felony in and of itself?

        Edit: currently depends which federal court circuit’s jurisdiction you fall under. Might get brought to the supreme court at some point? Either way there’s legal precedent that makes that iffy. Which is fair. Weed should be legal, and despite this asshole, I trust stoners more than habitual drinkers or the GOP and their constituents.

        Either way the guy was obviously a fuckin’ issue, and was committing several other federal offenses lol.

        • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          In my jurisdiction, yes. Any drug offense combined with possessing a firearm is an automatic felony. Even if the drug offense by itself would have been a misdemeanor. It is a very bad idea, legally speaking.

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          Lol no he was just mad. And weed is legal in Cali. Guns are too but I’d be willing to be that one was street bought

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      That’s kinda cool seeing how apparently you guys do put your money where your mouth is 😄 I wish we talked about that kinda stuff more and not just about the bad. I feel like remembering that not every aspect of being American sucks might give people a better reason to resist too.