Surrender Your Guns, Police Tell Hawaiian Medical Marijuana Patients

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Surrender Your Guns, Police Tell Hawaiian Medical Marijuana Patients(DmyTo/iStock)The Honolulu Police Department has sent letters to local medical marijuana patients ordering them to “voluntarily surrender” their firearms because of their MMJ status. This may be the first time a law enforcement agency has sought out state-registered medical marijuana patients and ordered them to surrender their guns. The startling order comes just three months after the state’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Hawaii’s capital city. The Honolulu letters, however, may represent the first time a law enforcement agency has proactively sought out state-registered medical marijuana patients and ordered them to surrender their guns. A number of states issue medical cannabis patient cards or authorizations but do not keep a searchable database of patient names.

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Surrender Your Guns, Police Tell Hawaiian Medical Marijuana Patients

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The Honolulu Police Department has sent letters to local medical marijuana patients ordering them to “voluntarily surrender” their firearms because of their MMJ status.

This may be the first time a law enforcement agency has sought out state-registered medical marijuana patients and ordered them to surrender their guns.

The letters, signed by Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard, inform patients that they have 30 days upon receipt of the letter to transfer ownership or turn in their firearms and ammunition to the Honolulu Police.

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