Trump administration argues that federal law prohibiting drug users from having firearms is justifiable restriction
Trump administration argues that federal law prohibiting drug users from having firearms is justifiable restriction
Drinking alcohol regularly does not disqualify you from owning a gun in America. Smoking marijuana does. The supreme court agreed Monday to take up a case challenging that distinction.
The case is an attempt by the Trump administration to reverse an appeals case ruling in favor of Ali Danial Hemani, who was charged with felony gun possession after he acknowledged being a regular pot user. Federal prosecutors in Texas had been investigating Hemani, alleging illegal ties to the Iranian regime, and found a gun and drugs during a search of his house.
It is the same law that Hunter Biden was convicted under in 2024 – failing to disclose habitual drug use when purchasing a firearm – before his father pardoned him during his last weeks in office.
