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Supreme Court Allows Pot Users Guns
In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court declared that the federal government cannot automatically strip individuals of their Second Amendment rights simply because they use marijuana.
The case involved a Texas man who had been barred from owning guns due to his admitted cannabis use.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion, which held that the 1968 ban was unconstitutional as applied to non-violent drug users.
The decision is a significant setback for the Trump administration, which had defended the law, and limits the scope of federal gun prohibitions.
Highest court of jurisdiction in the United States of America
Neil Gorsuch
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2017 (born 1967)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2017 (born 1967)
United States
Country located primarily in North America
Country located primarily in North America
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
1791 amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms
1791 amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms