Got a state medical marijuana card? You’ve just given the government an excuse to come for your guns.

From Bob Owens at Bearing Arms:

Isn’t it lovely when state laws and federal laws collide, and law enforcement then picks and chooses which conflicting laws to enforce?

A Richland medical marijuana patient recently applied for a Concealed Pistol License, but was denied by police.

Medical marijuana is legal under Washington state law, but the federal government won’t make an exception for that when it comes to getting a Concealed Pistol License.

Richland police sent the medical marijuana patient a letter stating that federal law prohibits anyone who uses a controlled substance from “shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing firearms or ammunition.”

And even if marijuana is legal here, it’s still illegal at the federal level.

When anyone applies for a concealed weapons permit with Richland police, they have to follow these federal restrictions.

I think that marijuana will be legalized across the country in the next few years and soon followed by the Feds, due to it's popularity.

One bit of irony, have you ever noticed the most vehement anti-smoking fanatics are also supporters of legalizing marijuana?