A variety of news outlets, including The New York Times and USA Today are closely following the issue of cannabis and gun ownership.
In the middle of a government shutdown, the nation's highest court is considering whether cannabis users can carry a gun under the law.
Media mogul Gannett asks readers today.
“WASHINGTON − Are pot smokers drug users only when they're high? And can they and other drug users legally own guns?” USA Today reports.
As a Florida resident, where “Faith, Family, and Firearms” is the motto, this subject interests me greatly. I moved to the Bible Belt in 2021, making the then “Gulf of Mexico,” now “Gulf of America,” home.
Since I have lived here, I have had a medical marijuana card for the two major back surgeries I've endured over the years. Moving south from New Jersey, a police state with cameras on every corner, to the home of the Blue Angels, little did I know I would be surrounded by more guns than anywhere I have ever lived.
I don't own a gun, nor wish too, but that’s another story for another day; for now, let’s stick to the breaking news.
Consider Missouri, where licensed cannabis cardholders can own firearms. The Show-Me State boldly claims that “Missouri is a permitless concealed carry state. Hence, medical marijuana patients in the state do not have to undergo background checks to obtain gun licenses."
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on Missouri's state cannabis website.
Bottom line in Missouri, you can basically be high on cannabis and hold a firearm at the same time.
This is exactly what the rest of the U.S. will be able to do if the Supreme Court decides it to be legal.
World-renowned media mogul, The New York Times, reports: “The second amendant case tests the Federal law used to convict Hunter Biden that bars drug users and addicts from possessing guns."
The Rockefeller Institute of Government saw the Supreme Court decision coming a year ago. Author Heather Trela, director of operations and fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, cites a 2024 case in her report, using a high-level official as her example.
“Robert Greene, a medical marijuana user and former District Attorney in Pennsylvania who wants to possess a firearm, is challenging 18 U.S.C. §922 (g)(3). His challenge argues it is a violation of the standards set in Bruen, citing that there is “no historical tradition of categorically banning individuals from keeping and bearing arms due to their use of a medicinal substance,” Trela notes.
No matter what the decision, legal cannabis users who own firearms will continue to follow the medical treatment and shoot firearms, whether anybody likes it or not.
It's just a matter of making it a law.
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