From NBC -
Marijuana users still barred from buying guns even in states where pot is legal, ATF warns
Users of marijuana remain barred from purchasing and possessing guns under a decades-old federal law, even as more and more states move to legalize recreational use of the drug, federal authorities warned this week.
Unless marijuana is legalized on a federal level, users of cannabis will continue to be prohibited from shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing firearms and ammunition, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, said in a notice.
Yet...
From that bastion of progressive thought (OK, that's sarcasm. If this magazine were any more conservative it would be owned by Rupert Murdoch) Reason Magazine, dated 4/2023 (emphasis added by me) -
The Drug Exception to the Second Amendment
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...in light of the NRA's longstanding support for the federal bans on gun possession by illegal drug users and people convicted of drug-related felonies. The organization's enthusiasm for enforcing those restrictions illustrates a blind spot shared by many right-leaning critics of gun control, whose concerns about overcriminalization, law enforcement abuses, and violations of civil liberties usually do not extend to the war on drugs
Violent toward others?
The NRA will seek to protect you.
Light one up?
Not so much.
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