DAILYCALLER (Harold Hutchison) - Pro-2A Groups Sue Pennsylvania Over Lifetime Carry Ban For Misdemeanor Drug Convictions
Phillips was convicted of a “minor misdemeanor” involving marijuana possession in 1994
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to throw out Pennsylvania’s lifetime carry ban for people with misdemeanor drug convictions. The Supreme Court narrowed the applicability of 18 USC 922(g)(3) in a unanimous ruling issued June 18 in the case of Hemani v. United States. GOA and GOF cited the Hemani decision in their complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. (RELATED: Liberal Justices Join Unanimous SCOTUS Ruling Favoring Pro-Gun Groups — But They Couldn’t Leave Well Enough Alone) “In United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court recently explained that the federal drug-related ‘unlawful users’ prohibition, 18…Open
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - Gorsuch Strikes Down Gun Ban for Everyday Marijuana Smokers
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that federal prosecutors cannot charge a Texas man with a felony for possessing a handgun in his home while he occasionally used marijuana. Read the full opinion here. The case involved Ali Danial Hemani, a dual U.S.-Pakistan citizen born and raised in Texas. In 2022, FBI agents raided his family’s […] The post Gorsuch Strikes Down Gun Ban for Everyday Marijuana Smokers appeared first on StoneZone .
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that federal prosecutors cannot charge a Texas man with a felony for possessing a handgun in his home while he occasionally used marijuana. Read the full opinion here . The case involved Ali Danial Hemani, a dual U.S.-Pakistan citizen born and raised in Texas. In 2022, FBI agents raided his family’s home in Lewisville as part of a national security investigation into suspected ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. During the search, agents discovered a handgun, roughly 60 grams of marijuana, and a small amount of cocaine. Hemani told agents he smoked marijuana about every other day Prosecutors charged him solely under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), the federal statute that…Open
DAILYCALLER (Harold Hutchison) - Lawyer Who Won SCOTUS Marijuana-Gun Case Says Ruling Breathed ‘New Life’ Into Landmark 2A Ruling
'It doesn't provide much due process'
HUFFPOST - Supreme Court Sides With Texas Man Who Says It’s Not A Crime For Marijuana Users To Have Guns
The justices unanimously agreed that a law barring guns from anyone who uses drugs illegally violates the Second Amendment.
The justices unanimously agreed that a law barring guns from anyone who uses drugs illegally violates the Second Amendment.Open
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Supreme Court sides with marijuana user prosecuted for owning gun
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday the government can’t criminally prosecute a man for possessing a firearm simply because he regularly smoked marijuana, rejecting the government’s comparison to the disarmament habitual drunkards in the founding era. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that it violates his right to keep arms under the conservative justices’ expanded Second Amendment test. It requires gun control measures be consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. Read More: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5929977-second-amendment-firearm-ruling/ #gunrights #marijuananews #supremecourt #hunterbiden #weed #law
THEFEDERALIST (Shawn Fleetwood) - SCOTUS Rules Gun Restriction On Unlawful Drug Users To Be ‘Inconsistent’ With Second Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held on Thursday that the federal government’s use of a federal law restricting gun possession for certain unlawful drug users to be “inconsistent with the Second Amendment.” “The Second Amendment protects the right of ‘all Americans’ to keep and bear firearms for self defense,” the court’s “narrow” ruling reads. “Affording […]
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - New: Supreme Court Unanimously Tosses Federal Pot-User Firearm Ban
ABCNEWS - Supreme Court rules in favor of marijuana user charged with unlawful gun possession
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ali Hemani, a Texas man charged with unlawful possession of a gun since he admitted that he regularly smoked marijuana.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Supreme Court ruling sides with marijuana user charged with illegally owning gun under federal law
In his opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch said that the ruling limits but doesn't remove the government's ability to take guns from drug users. “We do not address efforts to ban addicts, or those presently intoxicated, from possessing a firearm,” the justice wrote.