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   From: jdyoung2@ymail.com   
      
   (Reuters) - A federal law prohibiting marijuana users from possessing   
   firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Oklahoma has concluded,   
   citing last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded   
   gun rights.   
      
   U.S. District Judge Patrick Wyrick, an appointee of former Republican   
   President Donald Trump in Oklahoma City, on Friday dismissed an indictment   
   against a man charged in August with violating that ban, saying it   
   infringed his right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution's Second   
   Amendment.   
      
   Wyrick said that while the government can protect the public from   
   dangerous people possessing guns, it could not argue Jared Harrison's   
   "mere status as a user of marijuana justifies stripping him of his   
   fundamental right to possess a firearm."   
      
   He said using marijuana was "not in and of itself a violent, forceful, or   
   threatening act," and noted that Oklahoma is one of a number of states   
   where the drug, still illegal under federal law, can be legally bought for   
   medical uses.   
      
   "The mere use of marijuana carries none of the characteristics that the   
   Nation's history and tradition of firearms regulation supports," Wyrick   
   wrote.   
      
   Laura Deskin, a public defender representing Harrison, said the ruling was   
   a "step in the right direction for a large number of Americans who deserve   
   the right to bear arms and protect their homes just like any other   
   American." She called marijuana the most commonly used drug illegal at the   
   federal level.   
      
   The U.S. Department of Justice did not respond to request for comment but   
   is likely to appeal.   
      
   The decision marked the latest instance of a court declaring a gun   
   regulation unconstitutional after the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3   
   conservative majority in June ruled that the Second Amendment protects a   
   person's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.   
      
   That ruling, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, announced   
   a new test for assessing firearms laws, saying restrictions must be   
   "consistent with this nation's historical tradition of firearm   
   regulation."   
      
   On Thursday, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited   
   that decision in declaring unconstitutional a federal law barring people   
   under domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms.   
      
   (Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Sandra Maler)   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/ban-marijuana-users-owning-guns-213529957.html   
      
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