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Before we enact new gun laws, let’s enforce the laws already on the books. It is a crime for anyone using illegal drugs to own a gun. It’s a federal crime. Marijuana and heroin are, by federal statutes illegal — even medical marijuana.
Let’s have the state put on a big ad campaign, give people who use illegal substances a chance to voluntarily hand over their guns to the police, and after a three-month grace period, make some well publicized arrests. I think a lot of guns would be taken off the streets.
Jim Alciere
East Machias