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Supreme Court Narrows Federal Law Barring Drug Users From Owning Guns

Justices rule the government may not automatically disarm an occasional marijuana user, but stop short of striking the statute down

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the federal government cannot automatically strip an occasional marijuana user of his right to own a firearm, narrowing a provision of the federal Gun Control Act without erasing it from the books.

In United States v. Hemani, the justices found that prosecuting Ali Danial Hemani — a…

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