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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 2698861" data-attributes="member: 13624">No.&nbsp; No there would not.&nbsp; In Colorado, you won&#039;t be prosecuted under Colorado law for possessing marijuana; in Montana, or--should this pass--Oklahoma, you won&#039;t be prosecuted under state law for possessing a MIO firearm.&nbsp; The Feds will still be happy to charge you under their own, separate law.&nbsp; That law applies equally to everybody, whether in Colorado, Oklahoma, Montana, or New Jersey.Put it this way: Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 people in Oklahoma.&nbsp; He never stood trial for a single state murder charge.&nbsp; He was charged under 19 counts of Federal law--largely terrorism and weapons related--convicted, and executed (making an Oklahoma state prosecution an expensive redundancy).&nbsp; His prosecution was handled by (Assistant) United States Attorneys, who are paid by Uncle Sam, not District Attorneys.&nbsp; The trial was in a Federal courthouse, not a state courthouse.&nbsp; He was housed by Federal marshals, and executed in a Federal prison.&nbsp; Two entirely separate sovereigns, charging (or not) crimes under their own separate laws.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 2698861, member: 13624"] No. No there would not. In Colorado, you won't be prosecuted under [I]Colorado[/I] law for possessing marijuana; in Montana, or--should this pass--Oklahoma, you won't be prosecuted under [I]state[/I] law for possessing a MIO firearm. The Feds will still be happy to charge you under their own, separate law. That law applies equally to everybody, whether in Colorado, Oklahoma, Montana, or New Jersey. Put it this way: Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 people in Oklahoma. He never stood trial for a single state murder charge. He was charged under 19 counts of Federal law--largely terrorism and weapons related--convicted, and executed (making an Oklahoma state prosecution an expensive redundancy). His prosecution was handled by (Assistant) United States Attorneys, who are paid by Uncle Sam, not District Attorneys. The trial was in a Federal courthouse, not a state courthouse. He was housed by Federal marshals, and executed in a Federal prison. Two entirely separate sovereigns, charging (or not) crimes under their own separate laws. [/QUOTE]

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