“The government may not categorically disarm responsible adults solely because they use cannabis, absent any showing of habitual use and dangerousness. The Second Amendment protects individuals, not status-based classifications, and the historical tradition the Court requires does not support such a blanket prohibition.”
“Neither past nor current cannabis use should automatically preclude someone from legal protections explicitly provided by the US Constitution.”
This ruling is “a huge win for freedom. No medical cannabis patient should have to choose between their rights to their medicine or their right to bear arms.”
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