A SCOTUS petition argues that pot growers, like pot smokers, cannot be categorically disarmed

A SCOTUS petition argues that pot growers, like pot smokers, cannot be categorically disarmed

After Joseph Johnson was convicted of unauthorized marijuana cultivation in Colorado 11 years ago, his sentence was limited to probation. But because Johnson's crime could have been punished by more than a year of incarceration, his conviction triggered a federal law that makes it a felony for anyone with such a record to possess firearms or ammunition. In 2025, after a traffic stop and a welfare check in Oklahoma revealed that Johnson owned a g…