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Supreme Court will decide if pot smokers can own guns

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 24, 2026
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The NRA and NORML don’t agree on much, but both want the justices to invalidate the federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users. Oral arguments in United States v. Hemani are set for March 2.

The statute — 18 USC 922(g)(3) — bars gun possession by anyone who is an “unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance.” Th…

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