Florida – -(Ammoland.com)- Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner, Nikki Fried, is suing the Biden-Harris administration, the ATF, and Attorney General Merrick Garland in court, over Cannabis prohibition on the Federal 4473 form.
Now we all know Florida is a weird state and the Agriculture Commissioner position is not an exception to that rule. One of the most important things is that the Commissioner oversees the Concealed Weapon and Firearm Licensing program within the “sunshine state.”
Ms. Fried is one of the Democrats vying for the Democrat spot on the ballot for the Governorship to challenge Republican Ron DeSantis. She has tremendous power over firearms in Florida, and she hasn’t been a friend of gun owners in the past, so why is she fighting for gun rights now?
The answer is simple.
She is a former lobbyist for the cannabis industry and a vocal advocate for weed. Florida is one of 37 states with legal medical marijuana, and Ms. Freed has a state medical marijuana card.
The problem is that she also has a Concealed Weapon and Firearm License. The 4473 asks the person buying a gun if they are an unlawful drug user. It says explicitly that “the use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.”
She is claiming the lawsuit is all about the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. But if she wants to protect the Second Amendment and the gun rights of the citizens of Florida, then why does she want to get rid of preemption?
Preemption prevents anti-gun localities pass their own gun laws. It is the bedrock of gun rights in Florida. Yet, Fried, who claims to be a defender of the Second Amendment, wants to scrap it and let gun-grabbers ban guns locally.
Lying on the 4473 is a serious crime and could land someone in prison for up to five years. Since Fried uses weed and has a CWFL, and has admitted to owning a firearm, Fried violated federal law when she purchased her gun. Could she be covering herself by suing the Federal Government over the 4473?
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Let’s see Nikki Fried is just another recreational pothead with a license to cover her addiction. Florida’s AG should arrest and file charges against her as a self-confessed felon with a gun. Bye bye governors race, enough said. Ron are you reading this, talk to your AG.
Definitely NOT a Fried Fan she shut down CCL application processing during the Pandemic shut down stating they were not essential. Liquor stores stay open self defense shut down. WTF?!? As a Libertarian I agree the question shouldn’t be on the 4473, but as an enforcement officer she should be setting the example, not flouting the Law!
Laws for thee but not for me.
A little common sense please. No matter what the government says, no matter what they say is legal or illegal, drugs and/or alcohol and guns mixed are and always have been a bad idea. Fried is no second amendment advocate, just look at her past. The atfe is little more than a government funded terrorist group who would disarm the entire American public any way they can. Most of the American government is the same way, at least the demoncraps and rinos. SCRIPTURE, the constitution and common sense remain the reasons for the rights and freedoms America enjoys. GOD, guns… Read more »
Let me see if I understand this… Nikki Fried, the secretary of the Department of Agriculture, also is the purveyor of CCW permits in the State of Florida, and is looking to run for governor. All the while, she is a card carrying member of the mile high club, and therefore it is safe to say that she smokes marijuana, which is illegal federally. Nikki wants to be our gun toting, pot smoking, Democrat governor. Well, I’ll be damned, she has a little something for everyone. LET’S NOT KID OURSELVES… Nikki Fried is a dyed in the wool Democrat. Like… Read more »
The question about weed on the 4473 form is a good introduction to the average citizen on the evils of unelected and unaccountable government bureaucrats along with the infrequency of elections.
I would be more concerned about the Hunter Biden example of crackheads buying guns and falsifying the 4473 form . Rather than a weed smokers buying a gun and falsifying the 4473 form . Crackheads tend to be more violent than pot heads !
I offer this thought as a former Florida resident. Nikki Fried is no friend of the 2A. And she is certainly no friend of conservatives. Any time you see her name attached to anything political, you can be comfortable taking the opposite side.
Since she is currenly in violation of Federal Firearms Law I want to know why her guns have not bern siezed and she is not in prison.
“Florida currently has so many problems the last thing they need is a Fried Governor”
Fixed it for ya.