Supreme Court hears challenge to law barring drug users from having guns

Main Idea: The Supreme Court appeared open to overturning or narrowing a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns, in a case involving Ali Danial Hemani.

Key Points:

• Justices questioned whether the law is too broad because many people use marijuana, and some also lawfully keep guns at home.
• Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressed the government on whether drug use alone makes a person dangerous enough to lose gun rights.
• The court also weighed historical examples, such as old laws that restricted guns for “habitual drunkards,” to judge whether the law fits the Constitution.
• A ruling for Hemani could be limited, and lower courts are split on how the gun ban should be applied.