D.C. man can’t smoke in own home due to temporary, precedent-setting court order (generation, legal)

[Rick Roma]

The .gov is now controlling what legal activities one can and can't do in their own home. What's next?



D.C. man can

[wutitiz]

I'm surprised that he was still able to get away with smoking in his own home in 2015. Where's the DC SWAT team?

What's next is a full anal exam of every citizen by the liberal elite. For your own good.

[Delahanty]

Whats next? Unfortunately, any number of things when it comes to busybody neighbors and an out of control gub-ment.

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by Rick Roma

The .gov is now controlling what legal activities one can and can't do in their own home. What's next?



D.C. man can

I saw the attached homes on the news. I can tell you as an apartment dweller it comes through the walls and they better get a handle on it for people who live in any kind of attached housing before they legalize marijuana...which they have in DC.

[Frank DeForrest]

It should be for an HOA to regulate such things or in the case of apartment buildings, the ownership.

[BentBow]

When I first moved away from home at 18, I made sure to get the upper floor of an apartment building.

Everyday I would get a knock on the door from my neighbor below, that worked odd hours, that I needed to be quite. It ended one day in a physical altercation at my door.
The guy moved out the next day, after I threw him back down the stairwell. Just because he was bigger than I, he thought he was going to be a bully and intimidate me.
When my lease was up, me and a buddy rented a 3 bedroom house on a 1/4 acre.

[Fox Terrier]

Wow, that's really outrageous! Hard to believe the neighbors won (if only temporarily).

Why don't they just plug up the hole in the basement where they say the smoke is coming through?

I hope the guy continues the fight!

[Rick Roma]

Originally Posted by Fox Terrier

Wow, that's really outrageous! Hard to believe the neighbors won (if only temporarily).

Why don't they just plug up the hole in the basement where they say the smoke is coming through?

I hope the guy continues the fight!

A conservative would plug the hole. A liberal would insist that they have control over their neighbor and stop him from smoking.

[Jo48]

He owns his house. It is HIS property. Castle Doctrine? Has the town/city banned smoking TOTALLY including on private property? Has the HOA banned smoking anywhere in the development? Does this even include OUTSIDE on homeowners property too? If this man was standing outside his home, would these neighbors still complain too if the homes are close to each other?

These neighbors need to get a life and stop trying to run other people lives. Sell their home and go live on a deserted island where nobody will ever bother them with their PRIVATE behaviors.

I wonder if this man can grill outside on his own property? Will these busybodies complain about that SMOKE too?

[North Beach Person]

The neighbors are gentrifiers while the subject is a long time, multi-generation, resident.