A federal agency is proposing to update a gun purchase form to acknowledge the federally legal status of medical marijuana under the Trump administration’s recent move to reschedule the drug.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Friday posted a proposed revised version of Form 4473, which must be filled out by anyone purchasing a gun from a federally licensed firearms dealer. For years, the document has contained a question that asks whether the buyer unlawfully uses cannabis or other federally controlled substances, in accordance with a law that makes it a crime for such persons to possess or purchase firearms.
Until now, the question has read:
“Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance? Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.”
But under ATF’s new form, which is part of a suite of new administrative steps intended to reduce burdens on firearms owners and businesses, guy buyers would instead have to attest to the following statement:
“I am
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