Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON AP The Supreme Court commented on Monday that it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns the latest firearm incident to come before the court since its decision expanding gun rights President Donald Trump s administration inquired the justices to revive a incident against a Texas man charged with a felony because he allegedly had a gun in his home and acknowledged being a regular pot user The Justice Department appealed after a lower court largely struck down a law that bars people who use any illegal drugs from having guns Related Articles Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep George Santos in federal fraud event Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area FEMA staff sound the alarm on accident preparedness at rally in front of agency headquarters No Kings protests return as Trump ramps up authoritarian practices organizers say FDA unveils drugs to receive expedited review in assistance of national priorities The Republican administration favors Second Amendment rights but administration attorneys argued that this ban is a justifiable restriction They sought the court to reinstate a occurrence against Ali Danial Hemani His lawyers got the felony charge tossed out after the th U S Circuit Court of Appeals detected that the blanket ban is unconstitutional under the Supreme Court s expanded view of gun rights The appellate judges revealed it could still be used against people accused of being high and armed at the same time though Hemani s attorneys argue the broadly written law puts millions of people at threat of technical violations since at least of Americans have tried pot according to cabinet fitness input About half of states legalized recreational marijuana but it s still illegal under federal law The Justice Department argues the law is valid when used against regular drug users because they pose a serious populace safety peril The executive noted the FBI ascertained Hemani s gun and cocaine in a search of his home as they probed journey and communications allegedly linked to Iran The gun charge was the only one filed however and his lawyers disclosed the other assertions were irrelevant and were mentioned only to make him seem more dangerous The scenario marks another flashpoint in the application of the Supreme Court s new test for firearm restrictions The conservative majority discovered in that the Second Amendment generally gives people the right to carry guns in community for self-defense and any firearm restrictions must have a strong grounding in the nation s history The landmark ruling led to a cascade of challenges to firearm laws around the country though the justices have since upheld a different federal law intended to protect casualties of domestic violence by barring guns from people under restraining orders