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Socal31

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20. Being in possession of a firearm in your home while intoxicated is not a crime.

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:12 PM

Jan 2013

The courts agree.

However, if he threatened someone, it doesn't matter if you are drunk or sober. But he was not charged with assault or terroristic threats, he was charged with a "crime" that any sane court can and will throw out.

Every gun owner in America would be a "criminal" every time they had a drink on their couch, because they would be in constructive possession of a firearm.

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It's not illegal to be drunk in your home with a gun, Michigan appeals court rules [View all] michigandem58 Jan 2013 OP

Not sure why this would even be a question. Socal31 Jan 2013 #1

Sure. But if he used the weapon 'in an illegal manner', someone could be dead. randome Jan 2013 #2

I just don't see that standing up to any court challenge. Socal31 Jan 2013 #4

The article doesn't explain what the 'dispute' was. randome Jan 2013 #8

try growing MJ in your home and see if that still works out 0rganism Jan 2013 #14

Marijuana can be grown in the home where I am. Socal31 Jan 2013 #16

you're quite lucky to have that privelege 0rganism Jan 2013 #17

Would you Please Not Bring Irrelevant Arguments Into This. The Thread is not about MJ. dballance Jan 2013 #28

That is not how the law is applied outside the home. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #11

No exemption for the interior of private property? Socal31 Jan 2013 #12

except i didn't say any of that bullshit you just attributed to me. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #18

Being in possession of a firearm in your home while intoxicated is not a crime. Socal31 Jan 2013 #20

Does not follow. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #22

You aren't following it, so we can agree to disagree. Socal31 Jan 2013 #27

You don't know me at all. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #30

Wish they had ruled based on privacy rights Peregrine Jan 2013 #3

Me, too. FiveGoodMen Jan 2013 #6

Quote: (And then stay away from home till their livers had processed all the alcohol?) onpatrol98 Jan 2013 #23

Sounds kinky. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #5

correct ruling qazplm Jan 2013 #7

Whew! I'd get the electric chair!! Redford Jan 2013 #9

I'm drunk right now, and there's a car in my GARAGE!! OH NOES!!!!1!!! MNBrewer Jan 2013 #10

I think you will be OK, as long as you are not waving it around and threatening Thor_MN Jan 2013 #13

I tried... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #21

I think you will be OK, as long as you are not waving it around and threatening onpatrol98 Jan 2013 #24

Does that apply to polish sausage too? snooper2 Jan 2013 #25

The gun was in his pocket, not merely in the house. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #19

That Information Wasn't in the Linked-to Article. Where'd you find it? /eom dballance Jan 2013 #29

Looks like three people called the cops actually. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #31

That's A Much Better Detailed Version of the Story dballance Jan 2013 #32

Yeah, the story has been spun like he was drunk inside his home, and they searched AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #33

I have no problem with this Gman Jan 2013 #15

This is a sensible ruling. Where on earth would anyone get the idea kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #26

Please read this account of what happened, and see if it changes your opinion. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #34

Family members should remove the guns from the house - lynne Jan 2013 #35

I'm about as anti-gun as they get... primavera Jan 2013 #37

It's absolutely illegal outside the home to handle a firearm while drunk. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #38

Actual Court Opinion happyslug Jan 2013 #36

Basically the Prosecution sucked. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #39

I have a problem with the decision, one sentence puts me off happyslug Jan 2013 #40

Yep. Same for me. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #41