Virginia is poised to become the 11th state with a ban on "assault weapons," an arbitrarily defined category of politically disfavored firearms. Senate Bill 749 makes it illegal to import, sell, or buy many of the…
Under federal law, millions of Americans are committing felonies right now because they own guns and use marijuana, even if they live in states that have legalized the drug. There is nothing unconstitutional about that…
Ali Hemani, the Texas cannabis consumer at the center of a Second Amendment case that the Supreme Court heard on Monday, was charged with illegal drug possession in 2023. His case never went to trial because the charge was …
During oral argument in United States v. Hemani on Monday, Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris urged the Supreme Court to reinstate a Texas marijuana user's prosecution for illegal gun possession. Harris…
If "you bring a gun" to Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro warned during a Fox News interview on Monday, "you're going to jail." Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, was touting her…
A federal law enacted in 1968, 177 years after the ratification of the Second Amendment, makes it a felony, currently punishable by up to 15 years in prison, for an "unlawful user" of "any controlled…
Judging from federal survey data, nearly a quarter of Americans 18 or older used marijuana in 2024, while 16 percent reported using it during the previous month. Those numbers suggest that somewhere between 43 million and 62…
After the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, several states had to repeal laws requiring that residents demonstrate a "special need" before they were allowed…
If you are a cannabis consumer who owns a gun, you are committing a federal felony right now, even if you live in one of the 40 states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. That perplexing situation…
Under the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, a law that restricts conduct covered by the "plain text" of the Second Amendment is constitutional only if the…
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