High Court shields habitual marijuana users’ gun rights
TL;DR
In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court said the federal ban on firearm possession for unlawful drug users cannot be applied to a Texas man who used marijuana regularly, finding the law inconsistent with the Second Amendment. Justice Gorsuch wrote that the government’s analogy to founding-era alcohol laws fails, and the decision narrows how the Drug User ban can be enforced without striking down the entire statute or addressing all its provisions; prosecutors could still pursue cases where drug use renders someone dangerous.
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