mbz321 t1_ja10nj4 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 1:06 AM

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ban-marijuana-users-owning-guns-is-unconstitutional-us-judge-rules-2023-02-04/

joeco316 t1_ja114s3 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 1:10 AM

Can anyone answer what are the actual implications of this? It is a federal judge, but every commentary I’ve read on it sounds more like a “step in the right direction” than an actual change. I would assume that this is now the law of the land, but that doesn’t seem to be accurate. Does it have to go to the Supreme Court first? That doesn’t seem to be how other federal rulings usually work, but I don’t know enough to say for sure. When and how would this ruling actually apply to everyone in the country?

dclxvi616 t1_ja2534c wrote on February 26, 2023 at 7:24 AM

> When and how would this ruling actually apply to everyone in the country?

Probably when you end up in court you have your lawyer cite this ruling as precedent and hope your judge/circuit buys into it too.

joeco316 t1_ja3vsmu wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:32 PM

Thanks! My follow up would be how would one get to that point? Can local law and state law enforcement and local and state prosecutors go go after someone for this? If a local cop discovered this violation could they arrest someone for it or would they have to call in the feds? Would the feds bother? I guess the fact that the case being discussed started off with a traffic stop tells me local cops can somehow escalate it (though that wasn’t mmj I believe), but would love a more accurate picture of how that would happen. I know these are a lot of hypotheticals, I’m just trying to figure out what the realistic risk to a gun owner who gets an mmj card and mmj.