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Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

Summary

The Supreme Court will decide if people who regularly use marijuana can legally own guns. This is in response to a case involving a man from Texas and a law that bans illegal drug users from having firearms. The Justice Department is appealing a lower court's decision that mostly invalidated this law.

Key Facts

  • The Supreme Court is reviewing a case about marijuana users owning guns.
  • President Trump's administration wants the case against a Texas man to continue.
  • The Texas man was charged because he had a gun and admitted to using marijuana regularly.
  • The law in question prohibits illegal drug users from having firearms.
  • A lower court mostly overturned this law, prompting the appeal.
  • This case follows the Supreme Court's 2022 decision that expanded gun rights.

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