Illinois Sinclair Station Fearmongers Misinfo On Pot And Gun Ownership

Leave it to Sinclair Media to fearmonger about legalized pot in Illinois.

Illinois made recreational pot legal on January 1. Our Democratic Governor JB Pritzker (who in spite of being a billionaire has turned out to be pretty damn awesome on progressive issues) also pardoned 11,000 low-level pot convictions in the state, and promised a review of many more cases.

The day before recreational cannabis became legal in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he was pardoning more than 11,000 people who had been convicted of low-level marijuana crimes https://t.co/DuVVtxTBJJ

— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) January 1, 2020

Sinclair Broadcasting (Channel 20) pushed the disinformation that if you buy pot in Illinois, either recreational or medicinal, your name goes in a database (it doesn't) and you are prevented from buying a gun (no).

This is just plain false pic.twitter.com/Fr7bRpV7QJ

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