Several Republican senators are questioning the federal ban on gun possession by people who use marijuana—with one saying that if alcohol drinkers can lawfully buy and use firearms, the same standard should apply to cannabis consumers.
In a series of interviews with Marijuana Moment, the GOP lawmakers discussed the intersection of Second Amendment rights and drug policy as the U.S. Supreme Court is considering taking up several pending cases on the issue—which centers around a federal statute known as Section 922(g)(3) that some say is inconsistent with conservative principles.
“Why would I have a problem with that any more than somebody who drinks alcohol?” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said of cannabis consumers being able to possess guns.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) said that while he needs to “look into the details” of the specific pending legal cases before the Supreme Court, he’s “highly skeptical” of the ban, “given that marijuana is legal in my state, and my state probably has the most gun owners of any state in the country.”
“A Second Amendment right can’t be trumped by a statute,” he said. “That’s why it’s called a constitutional right.”
On the flip side, however, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said that
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