Fresno orders outdoor medical growers inside

[eastbaygordo]

Due to a rash of shootings by medical growers protecting their hard work the Fresno city council ordered a emergency order to ban outdoor grows.

Another reach into our homes by right wingers in wingnut CA areas.

[eastbaygordo]

Fresno supes ban outdoor pot gardens - California State Wire - fresnobee.com (http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/09/14/2078727/fresno-supes-ban-outdoor-pot-gardens.html#storylink=misearch)


FRESNO, Calif. -- Fresno County lawmakers have passed an emergency ban on outdoor marijuana gardens that they say applies to residents with doctors' recommendations to grow and use pot.

The county Board of Supervisors said it approved the 45-day ban on outdoor cultivation Tuesday in response to a series of violent confrontations between homeowners with backyard pot plots and marijuana thieves.

A Fresno man was shot and killed last week by a medical marijuana patient who suspected that thieves were raiding his crop. Police Chief Jerry Dyer says shots were fired during two other similar incidents this month.

County Counsel Kevin Briggs says everyone growing marijuana in unincorporated parts of the county will have to relocate their plants while officials draft a permanent ban. He told the Fresno Bee that medical marijuana patients can grow their plants indoors



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[budlover13]

This is such a knee-jerk reaction that it's not even funny. I live near and work in Fresno. My dispensary is in a Fresno County island. The problem is when people grow a 10ft tall plant behind a 6' tall fence. You have dozens of plants that are sticking up 4' above the fence. What the hell do you think is going to happen? The shooting near Roeding Park was unfortunate, but please! If you are dumb enough to grow 10' tall plants behind a 6' tall fence across the street from the central valley's largest and most popular zoo and park, you can't complain when you draw everyone's attention. There is no way of telling how many cannabis users drove by this man's house and saw the plants over the fence. I think it would be safe to assume several thousand, before some idiot decided to try to take what didn't belong to them. I think both parties share the blame for the shooting.

[Zeffer]

Shoot someone for grabbing weed ! ! ! !
How about not putting it on display like Budlover said !
Da ! Ok, Lewie ! If one is that retarded then look into the Shooters past !
These people my have a fanatical past and Oh, look now at present day
situations. Could a neighbor have said something like,
""" Hey Jed, could you tone down the plaid flag alittle ! """"
It could slow down the traffic in front of your house abit !
The cops are a pissa on this uh ! Where were they before the shooting !?
Prowly across the street laughing there butts off ! Yeah, just waiting for
something to happen !
I imagine this shooter didn't have many people to confide in uh !

Zeffinator

[rudy2010]

I saw a picture in one of the local papers and I would have to call it an attractive nuisance. These guys are idiots. Would you have twenty dollar bills lying all over your yard or hanging in the trees above your fence. Of course not. These fools need to bend their plants down or build a higher fence. Duh!:wtf:

[budlover13]

I have a good friend that works for Fresno PD and we talked about this on Sunday. He said that all the officers knew where it was at and were actually taking a few sidebets on when this would go down. I don't think they were necessarily planning on a shooting, but they knew the place was going to be hit. The court case should be interesting espescially since the property owner/shooter was confined to a wheelchair.

[leadmagnet]

You can't shoot people to protect property in the State of California. This grower is obviously a moron.

[budlover13]

The only way to use deadly force in California is to articulate the fact that you were in fear of your life. The grower is a moron though.

[leadmagnet]

The only way to use deadly force in California is to articulate the fact that you were in fear of your life.

Sticky wicket to just be able to talk the talk. It better be for real or in all probability you'll be doin hard time.

A friend of mine shot an AK wielding felon escaping from the police who was trying to jack his car at gun point and he got put through the ringer.

[rudy2010]

If you shoot someone in CA make sure to drag them into your house before the cops arrive. This will make your trip through the ringer a lot less painful.

"He was coming right at me holding that giant butcher knife in his hand."