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24. I think you will be OK, as long as you are not waving it around and threatening

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #13)

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:44 AM

Jan 2013

your neighbor with it.

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There's a joke in there somewhere.

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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