But what "crime" did he commit? Sounds like he was just a prepper that wanted to get high.
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sentenced to 16 years in prison stemming from a 2011 arrest in which police seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons – including a grenade launcher – and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from his home, reports CBS Houston.
What is the crime officer? Enjoying a meal? A succulent weapons grade explosive meal?
Also, note that the arrest predates Texas marijuana decriminalization
GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY GRENADE LAUNCHER
GENTLEMEN, THIS IS DEMOCRACY MANIFEST!
And you, sir, are you waiting to receive my limp plants?
Although don’t many decriminalization or legalization laws also have an upper limit on how many plants you can grow for personal use? I could still see some intent to distribute charge with 1000 plants
I still don't see a victim of crime here. All I see is a victim of unjust laws
God forbid someone pick up a horticulture hobby.
Although don’t many decriminalization or legalization laws also have an upper limit on how many plants you can grow for personal use?
So, technically yes. But Texas decriminalization came out of a court case around what constituted medical marijuana under a 2019 law. In this case, the issue was a court ruling in which cops had to prove a certain Delta-9 THC level in a product in order to seek prosecution. And the process for determining that value was so expensive and unreliable that enforcing the law was functionally impossible.
Subsequently, a number of major municipalities and DAs basically gave up on prosecuting these cases, leading to de facto legalization.
Makes sense. FWIW I’m not defending the law, just seeking all the info
Hol' up, it says a grenade launcher, which is actually legal to own, it doesn't say he had illegal HE grenades. Important distinction.
The problem is "weed" and even if legal "weed+guns" wasn't until 2023 (and even still kinda a grey area but basically illegal).
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Having guns? In Texas?? THE CRIMINAL SWINE!
Having weed, in Texas, when it was a big deal.
So terrible dangerous of him...(Clutches pearls) Someone might have gotten high off all that devil's lettuce!!
Until 2023, it was federally illegal to possess any illegal drugs along with a firearm, and drug users were barred from buying firearms.
Fortunately marijuana isnt a drug
You know, I don't think I've ever seen someone take this position. Pro/anti legalization yes, but never "it's not a drug" (it's a feature).
You're wrong, but at least you're novelly wrong!
Katt Williams literally has a set where the whole premise is that weed isn't a drug; it's a plant. It's not even a novel position.
That's an untenable position. I mean, Cocaine is a plant, too.
Chewing on a coca leaf really isn't the same as processing the plant into cocaine. By the logic of the comedian, buds are plants but concentrates are drugs. 😌
And in both cases, missing the point. Categorize based on the chemistry, not the source of the chemical.
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Well shucks, I suppose I should preface everything new I encounter with "to me" going forward, since that can't be expected to be implied through grammar alone...
How is weed a drug, but alcohol and tobacco aren't? If it's illegal to possess a firearm with weed, why isn't it illegal with liquor or cigarettes?
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It's not novel at all wtf
I think the majority of humanity would agree that cannabis is not a drug
I've got no idea if you're trolling or not. But on the chance that you're not, drugs are either synthesized or bio-derived.
In pharmacology, a drug is a chemical substance, typically of known structure, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect.
I suppose an argument could be made that under that definition cannabis is a plant and THC/CBD are the drugs, but that's dubiously semantic at best since the consumption of cannabis is what produces the effect.
There's a famous quote from Schwarzenegger as CA governor where he said "It's not a drug, it's a leaf."
Well, it's not the leaves, it's the buds.
Unless you like headaches.
But also
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug
A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect.
Now, while I may consider it essential to my diet, it very clearly fits the definition of a drug. But so does LSD and Psylocybin, not all drugs are bad.
1000 plants is definitely a grow op and the weapons were to protect it
Good luck justifying that you need 1000 plants for your personal consumption
Locked up for harming no one. These are the types of people who should be getting a pardon!
27 weapons, including a grenade launcher and 9,000 rounds of ammunition
Sure seems like he intended to
I don't know about the other 27 weapons, but the grenade launcher was probably just for hunting.
Nah that's mainly for fishing, you can use it for hunting, but an RPG is way better for hunting.
Just like how everyone that owns a car plans to drive over people.
Right. Because a car's primary purpose is to drive over people. And people who have a lot of cars are more likely to plot mass murder than those who don't. Great logic.
I didn't realize that you were the arbiter of vehicular and firearms purpose; my most sincere apologies oh great arbiter. I had no idea you were the one to decide how people use their firearms and vehicles.
And people who have a lot of cars are more likely to plot mass murder than those who don’t. Great logic.
Those people are certainly more likely to be stealing your labor, which is quickly devolving into a feudalistic system; and that will ultimately lead to poverty and death.
"Intended Purpose" and "Probability of Harm" are entirely different things. If the only purpose of a firearm was to kill someone, and considering that we have 1.5 firearms owned per person in the USA; we should have substantially higher number of firearms related deaths, wouldn't you agree -- I mean, based on "logic" right?
How do you expect him to take a bite out of crime? I think he was just true to his word, police aren't stopping the real criminals so he just got more serious.
They should've known; it's not like he was called McGruff the good dog.
I do hope the judge looked him dead in the eyes at the sentencing and said "Bad dog" before rubbing his nose in the evidence bags.
On the positive side, he should be out after 2.13 human years. Sooner with good behavior and completion of an obedience class from a licensed training academy.
He went undercover and got too deep.
So the police abused another victim. Not surprising
you have to do the crimes, in order to be an expert on it.
I just realized that if you spell 'irony' as 'ironi' then it sounds like a brand of fortified pasta.
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