US EditionSupreme Court poised to weigh legal battle over federal gun ban for drug users
The Supreme Court considers whether a 1968 federal law banning gun possession by habitual drug users violates the Second Amendment, with about 300 annual prosecutions, Justice Dept. said.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Hemani, challenging a provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968 limiting gun possession by drug users.
- The U.S. Department of Justice argues the law disarms `dangerous persons`, while Hemani's attorneys say it is vague amid widespread marijuana use and state legalization, on Monday.
- FBI agents found a small amount of cocaine in the parents' home after investigators followed communications with a brother studying in Iran, and Hemani admitted to marijuana use and storing a gun in a locked safe.
- Support for Hemani spans ideological lines, with the ACLU and NRA backing him; the same law was used in Hunter Biden's 2024 conviction, highlighting its high-profile implications.
- The statute's scope over all illegal drugs raises implications beyond marijuana use, as cannabis remains illegal federally despite state-level cannabis legalization and administration actions on reclassification.
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