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A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users is unconstitutional. The decision, made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, concluded that marijuana users, like alcohol users, are of sound mind upon regaining sobriety and therefore should not be barred from owning firearms. This ruling emerged from a case involving a pot-smoking gun owner in Texas, who was previously prosecuted under the federal ban on users of illegal drugs owning firearms.
One of the reasons why the Second Amendment is so important. There is no world where police will get to the scene fast enough to counter this: https://t.co/y97ARA3y80
Another ridiculous infringement on your right to bear arms appears to be in limbo. There is absolutely no reason marijuana enjoyers should give up their natural right to self-defense using basic tools that have existed for more than 300 years. Nobody would ever accept theirā¦
This is why Americans should be able to defend themselves and their families with the firearm of their choice. #NRA #2A https://t.co/0LQazaQcW9
