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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Marijuana User Banned from Owning Firearms.

The Supreme Court has unanimously limited a federal law that banned "habitual" marijuana users from owning firearms, ruling it violated the Second Amendment.

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision rejects a federal law that disarmed “habitual” marijuana users from owning firearms. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court has unanimously limited a federal law that banned “habitual” marijuana users from owning firearms, ruling it violated the Second Amendment. DETAIL: On Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing the majority opinion of the Supreme Court , argued that the historical laws cited by the federal government to justify a ban were too dissimilar to modern restrictions. “The historical laws on which it relies targeted different kinds of people, did so for different reasons, and operated in different ways,” wrote Gorsuch. The Supreme Court’s opinion follows the…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