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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lindsay Whitehurst

US Supreme Court sides with Texas marijuana user in landmark ruling over his right to own a gun

The opinion is the latest in a series of firearm cases to reach the Supreme Court since a landmark ruling expanding gun rights in 2022 led to a wave of challenges around the country - (Getty)

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a Texas marijuana user in a gun-rights challenge to a federal law that bars drug users from owning firearms.

In a unanimous decision, the justices backed Ali Danial Hemani, who argued that the Gun Control Act violates the Second Amendment. Hemani, an American-Pakistani dual citizen and resident of Texas, was charged in 2023 following an FBI raid of the home he shared with his parents in Denton County.

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