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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco

Federal judge rules that law barring marijuana users from owning guns is unconstitutional

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A judge in Oklahoma has found that a federal law banning marijuana users from possessing firearms is unconstitutional.

Federal Judge Patrick Wyrick dismissed a case against Jared Harrison, citing an expansion on gun rights by the US Supreme Court last year, Reuters first reported. Mr Wyrick said that the law barring marijuana users from owning weapons, which Mr Harrison was accused of violating, infringed his Second Amendment right to bear arms.

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