BREAKING: The Supreme Court sides with a Texas man who says it's not a crime for marijuana users to have guns.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided Thursday with a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own a gun, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights.

The justices, in a unanimous decision, sided with Ali Danial Hemani, who argued that a law barring guns from anyone who uses drugs illegally violates the Second Amendment. Hemani wasn’t charged with any other crimes or accused of using the weapon under the influence.

The decision is a loss for President Donald Trump’s Republican administration, which had defended the 1968 law despite arguing against other gun restrictions. The measure was also used in a case against Hunter Biden, who was convicted in Wilmington, Delaware, of buying a gun while addicted to cocaine in 2018. He was later pardoned by his father, then-President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

The opinion is the latest in a series of firearm cases to reach the Supreme Court since a landmark ruling expanding gun rights in 2022 led to a wave of challenges around the country.

Since then, the high court has upheld a law aimed at protecting victims of domestic violence and strict regulations on ghost gun kits but has struck down a ban on bump stocks, an accessory that enables rapid fire. The justices considered two firearm cases this term alone.

[Prairie Gates]

1. Hmmm...haters of Hunter Biden gonna hate this one

[Boo1]

2. Good

Bad precedent to say that a person can lose their constitutional rights because they smoke weed.

[biophile]

3. I don't see a problem with this ruling

There are a few reasons why some people should not have access to guns, but marijuana use isn’t one of them.

[OnionPatch]

4. Good!

Marijuana use is not a crime, or shouldn’t be. They shouldn’t be attaching its use to anything to make it more of a crime.

[maxsolomon]

5. FREE HUNTER BIDEN!

Let's look again at the language of ATF Form 4473 Question F:

f. Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized
for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

One assumes this question will be removed from the form?

[rollin74]

6. yes. I would think it would have to be removed now

after this SCOTUS decision, at least the word marijuana

and that’s a good thing imo