A federal district judge in Oklahoma ruled Friday that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling that significantly expanded gun rights. This is the latest challenge to firearms regulations since the conservative-majority SCOTUS set new standards last year for interpreting the Second Amendment.
In United States of America v. Jared Michael Harrison, defense attorneys argued that Harrison’s Second Amendment rights were being violated by the Gun Control Act, which makes it illegal for anyone “who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” to possess firearms or ammunition. The lawyers claimed the law was not consistent with the nation’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation,” noting the SCOTUS ruling last June in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.