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Charles: The DOJ Has a Tough Row to Hoe in Defending Gun Bans for Marijuana Users

March 5, 2025November 11, 2023 by Dan Zimmerman

In defending this law, the government will likely argue that unlawful drug users are categorically more dangerous with access to firearms than ordinary citizens. Maybe. But it seems like it could be an uphill battle for the government to show that Patrick Daniels’ regular marijuana ingestion makes him appreciably more dangerous than a person who … Read more

Guns Rights and Marijuana Use: The Times May Finally Be A-Changin’

March 5, 2025May 26, 2023 by TTAG Contributor

By: C.D. Michel In a 2021 article for California NORML, I discussed how federal gun laws intersect with California’s legalization of recreational marijuana use. In that article, I examined Ninth Circuit authority holding that federal law makes it illegal for all marijuana users to possess a firearm. Since then, however, Second Amendment rights jurisprudence has … Read more

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