Soundwave said:
I don't really like that idea personally. Imagine for a moment this was applied to alcohol and you buy a case of beer in California, then cross into Arizona where lets say it's illegal. So now you can be arrested for having beer there? It's just stupid. Eventually marijuana will be legal, it's just a matter of time now. Once it was legal in even one of the mainland states it was eventually going to be legalized everywhere. |
Its already like that. I just moved to Texas last December. Here in the Austin area you cannot purchase Alcohol before 11am on Sundays. There are still 11 "dry counties" in this state and some where only beer is legal to consume. I was initially taken aback at this concept. I had no idea. Eventually I settled in here (it's great BTW) and it doesn't bother me one bit, though I'd never live in a dry county or city I support those communities' rights to govern themselves.
And yes you could be arrested for it. Just like you could be arrested for carrying a loaded firearm across those very same state lines from Az to Ca. Even though you have a 2nd amendment right to a firearm. Same way you could be ticketed for the tint of your windows because perhaps those states differ on how dark your windows can be. We have a myriad of laws that are different from state to state. Marijuana laws would be no different than any other in application.
It's not stupid at all. It's a concept called freedom. Each state, county, city, township can decide for themselves their own laws where the Federal government has no authority and drug laws is just one of many. If you don't like the law in one place you can move to another.
I guarantee you it won't be legal everywhere, not in our lifetime anyways.
