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The Connection between Drugs and Weapons

By Neil Shous, Esq.

Both the California Legislature and California courts believe that people who suffer from drug addiction are so dangerous that they cannot be trusted to own or possess firearms. Penal Code 12021 PC, California?s ?felon with a firearm? law, specifically revokes a person?s constitutional right to bear arms if that individual is addicted to any narcotic drug. The California Court of Appeals has made it clear that it believes that ?addicts? will stop at nothing in order to obtain their drugs. It states, ?Addicts are dependant upon an illegal source of supply, obtainable only at an inflated price. This dependence and need increases as the addict's tolerance to the drug increases. Moreover, as the narcotics user becomes more dependent upon his drug, his ability to function normally in society decreases...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).