The U.S. Justice Department is again defending the federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning or possessing firearms—in part by drawing a contrast between those affiliated with gangs ...

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 ...

In contrast to recent gun cases at the Supreme Court, the American Civil Liberties Union is joining the Second Amendment challenge to a federal law prohibiting marijuana and other drug users from ...

You are watching a collision between two of America’s most contested policies: the rapid normalization of cannabis and the enduring centrality of gun rights. A new Supreme Court case asks whether ...

Currently being briefed before the U.S. Supreme Court on the merits is a test of the federal statutory ban, with severe felony penalties, for any marijuana "user" who possess a firearm or even a ...

The governor of Colorado says his state should not have joined a lawsuit supporting the federal ban on gun ownership by ...

A new proposal from the ATF seeks to loosen the restriction on gun ownership for some cannabis users amid court challenges. The post Feds propose path to gun ownership for some cannabis users appeared ...