A man who was prosecuted after admitting to lying about his marijuana use on a federal firearms purchasing form is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the matter as the justices are set to discuss several other cases on cannabis consumers’ gun rights later this week.
In a petition filed with the court late last month, attorneys for Erik Harris said the government “did not allege or try to establish that Harris was intoxicated when he purchased the firearms or at any time while carrying firearms,” and that lower court rulings upholding the gun ban for cannabis users are “based on loose predictive judgments about their likelihood to pose a risk of danger if armed.”
This is one of numerous cases before different courts concerning the § 922(g)(3) statute prohibiting unlawful users of controlled substances from owning or possessing firearms.
Harris initially sought an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, contending that his Second Amendment rights were unconstitutionally violated under that law. But the appeal was ultimately rejected, prompting him to pursue the case in the Supreme Court.
“Taken to its logical conclusion, the majority’s view would sanction a law disarming the
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