A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a marijuana user, the latest fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that expanded gun rights.

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  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    the latest fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that expanded gun rights.

    Nice liberal framing on this, it's "fallout" when a racist gun law is rescinded.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      noooo all the potheads smoking the devil's lettuce are going get reefer madness and then shoot everyone

      anyway give your local cop a beer so-true

  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    So can people with a weed card have guns? Or is this just like people who smoked pot one time in college are allowed to own a gun?

    • Ryumast3r@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      You cannot be barred because you use illegal drugs, that would include having a weed card. This individual had a gun and "weed cigarettes" when they stopped him.

  • buh [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Drug user cannot be barred

    :19::84:

  • JohnBrownsBussy2 [undecided, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    This particular ruling is for the better, but it points to the likelihood that the Supreme Court will rule in favor of domestic violence offenders being able to retain firearms, which is going to be very bad.

  • CommCat [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    I thought the thumbnail was a role of barbells, but it's a role of guns lol goddamn 'Murica