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   From: no.guns.for.dopers@nytimes.com   
      
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   > I totally agree with this.  Pot makes you stupid and causes accidents.  Not   
   acceptable around weapons.   
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   The Biden administration is defending a federal ban on gun-   
   ownership for medical marijuana users, urging a federal judge to   
   dismiss a challenge to the statute.   
      
   Medical marijuana users should be prohibited from owning guns   
   because the substance impairs the "judgment, cognition, and   
   physical coordination" of those under its influence, lawyers for   
   the Justice Department argued. Florida agricultural commissioner   
   Nikki Fried (D.) is spearheading the lawsuit against the   
   government for its prohibition on people who consume cannabis   
   products with a prescription from owning firearms.   
      
   "I'm suing the Biden administration because people's rights are   
   being limited," the commissioner said in April after filing the   
   suit. "Medical marijuana is legal. Guns are legal. This is about   
   people's rights and their freedoms to responsibly have both."   
      
   The administration's stance stands in contrast to President Joe   
   Biden's rhetoric on marijuana. Biden has endorsed   
   decriminalization and argued the federal government shouldn’t   
   interfere with state affairs when it comes to marijuana laws.   
      
   The Biden administration’s inconsistent stance on the drug   
   mirrors that of Vice President Kamala Harris. As California   
   attorney general, Harris was responsible for locking up   
   thousands for marijuana-related crimes, the Washington Free   
   Beacon reported in 2019. That same year, as she was running for   
   president, she said she was pre-disposed to like smoking   
   marijuana due to her Jamaican heritage. The comment drew stern   
   criticism from her father, who said she was stereotyping people   
   on the island.   
      
   Most Americans support both the legalization of medical   
   marijuana and the private ownership of firearms. Ninety-one   
   percent of Americans believe that weed should be legal in some   
   form, according to a Pew Research Center poll.   
      
   Reason magazine pointed out that the Justice Department's   
   argument citing marijuana's effect on the mind "could be applied   
   to many legal drugs" such as alcohol or prescription opioids   
   that are legal for gun-owners to consume.   
      
   In its motion to dismiss the lawsuit, the Justice Department   
   cited historical disarmament of "groups deemed dangerous," such   
   as 17th-century Catholics and American Indians, as precedent for   
   the practice of preventing certain groups from owning weapons.   
      
   Fried is running in the Democratic primary to challenge   
   Republican governor Ron DeSantis in November. Fried and the   
   governor appear to be on the same page regarding medical   
   marijuana users' Second Amendment rights.   
      
   "Floridians should not be deprived of a constitutional right for   
   using a medication lawfully," DeSantis's office said.   
      
   Published under: Biden Administration, Department of Justice,   
   Marijuana, Nikki Fried, Ron DeSantis   
      
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