The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 9-0 in favor of a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own guns.
In 2022, the FBI searched the home of Ali Danial Hemani and found a Glock-19 9mm pistol, 60 grams of marijuana and 4.7 grams of cocaine. Hamani told the agents he used marijuana roughly every other day, and based on that statement, Hemani was charged with violating a federal law that prohibits people who use or are addicted to controlled substances" from owning guns.
The law carries a sentence of up to 15 years, according to SCOTUSblog. Hemani faced no other charges, nor was he accused of using the weapon under the influence.
Hermani argued that the law violated his Second Amendment rights and asked a federal trial judge to toss the charge. Lower courts dismissed the indictment, and the court of appeals upheld the dismissal.
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