Well in further evidence that our elected legislators in the State aren't exactly the sharpest knives in the proverbial drawer, I direct you to the front page of today's News Journal. Apparently it never dawned on them when passing the marijuana decriminalization statute two years that Section 1448(a)(9) of Title 11 specifically prohibits the possession of a semi-automatic or automatic firearm, or any handgun while also possessing any quantity of a controlled substance.
That said, I'm of the opinions that (1) marijuana should not have been decriminalized in any fashion as it is still a controlled dangerous substance under Title 21 of the U.S. Code; and (2) unlawful controlled substances and firearms should be mutually exclusive when it comes to contemporaneous possession. But, hey, what do I know?