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Normally I would expect that headline to trip off three separate articles – but not this time.<\/p>\n
…U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it will consider whether it should automatically be illegal for someone to have a gun simply because they are a habitual drug user \u2014 or whether they should only be disarmed if they are actively under the influence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a while back that a guy convicted of a felony for gun possession when he admitted regular drug use should have his conviction overturned since he wasn’t actively under drugs’ influence when arrested.<\/p>\n
But now the Trump administration has urged the Supreme Court to reverse that ruling. According to the Justice Department\u2019s appeal, habitual drug users with firearms represent \u201cunique dangers to society,\u201d raising the risk of \u201carmed, hostile encounters with police officers.\u201dCNN<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Normally the 5th is thought of as one of the more conservative circuits , so ruling in the drug users’ favor seems a bit odd. Perhaps they are leaning toward filtering the drug users’ through Bruen?<\/em><\/p>\n
Puts an interesting spin on Hunter Biden’s case, as his admitted drug use was central to his conviction. (Moot now, of course, since his father gave him an unconditional blanket pardon.)<\/p>\n
For once I lean towards the gun control side of this one more than not – choices have consequences, and if you want to habitually ingest drugs, perhaps losing your right to have arms is just part of the choice you made. Convicted felons? I’d keep the system we have – maybe if what you did was non-violent you could petition to have gun rights restored, but in general your commission of a felony carries with it a permanent loss. I’m even OK with age limits on gun purchases… let’s face it, in honesty there are some people who should not have, or are too immature to have, guns. We’ve seen more than a few here.\u00a0 JMO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"