{"id":16468,"date":"2026-06-22T14:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16468"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:53:16","slug":"us-supreme-court-limits-ban-on-gun-ownership-by-marijuana-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16468","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court limits ban on gun ownership by marijuana users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the application of a decades-old federal law that bars firearms possession by certain drug users, rejecting a position taken by President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration that had threatened the gun rights of millions of Americans who \u200buse marijuana and own firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260622145051-1024x693.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260622145051-1024x693.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260622145051-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260622145051-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260622145051.png 1033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The justices, in a 9-0 ruling, upheld a lower court&#8217;s decision to dismiss an illegal gun possession charge brought under the law at issue against Ali Hemani, an American-Pakistani \u200cdual citizen and Texas resident who told authorities he was a regular marijuana user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who authored the ruling, wrote that the government had failed to show that its prosecution of Hemani complied with the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s Second Amendment right to &#8220;keep and bear arms.&#8221;<br>The Trump administration had defended the law, though midway through the case it softened its position on barring marijuana users from owning guns. Gorsuch said the government&#8217;s shift &#8220;leaves it awkwardly positioned to suggest that the millions of Americans who now regularly use marijuana are categorically and unusually dangerous.&#8221;<br>A 1968 federal \u200blaw called the Gun Control Act made possession of a firearm illegal for anyone who &#8220;is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday&#8217;s ruling stopped short of precisely defining the bounds of that legal \u200bprovision, including which types of drugs, if any, pose a special risk of misuse of guns. But the court, which often has taken an expansive view of Second Amendment protections, \u2060said the government&#8217;s failure to even allege that Hemani was an addict or show that his marijuana use made him a danger to himself or others all but doomed its case.<br>Naz Ahmad, a lawyer for Hemani, welcomed the decision.<br>&#8220;The court&#8217;s \u200bunanimous ruling will protect millions of Americans from draconian punishment, simply because they happen to use marijuana and own a firearm,&#8221; Ahmad said.<br>TRUMP ADMINISTRATION&#8217;S SHIFT<br>The gun restriction at issue gained national attention when federal prosecutors used it in 2024 to convict \u200bHunter Biden, who later that year received a pardon from his father, then-President Joe Biden. 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