Justices weigh if habitual drug use should bar gun ownership
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The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to uphold a 1968 law denying gun ownership to habitual drug users, including marijuana users, while justices expressed skepticism that occasional cannabis users should be barred and questioned the breadth of the case, which centers on balancing the 2nd Amendment against drug laws in U.S. v. Hemani with a decision due by June.
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