cannabis and guns

As Kentucky prepares to roll out its medical cannabis program on Jan. 1, 2025, the already complex issue of gun sales and weed will likely get even more complex due to federal regulations that prohibit marijuana consumers from possessing firearms. Under federal law, as long as cannabis is...

The U.S. Department of Justice is intensifying its stance that medical marijuana users who own firearms pose a threat to public safety, increase the risk of suicide and are more prone to committing crimes to support their “drug habit.” This position underpins the federal prohibition on...

Pennsylvania state Senator Dan Laughlin took a significant step toward amending the Uniform Firearms Act to conform with the legalization of medical marijuana. Laughlin (R) introduced the previously announced Senate Bill 1146 on 2nd Amendment Day, a public awareness day of people’s right to...

Governor Kristi Noem (R) signed a measure requiring South Dakota’s registered medical cannabis patients to acknowledge in writing that they are aware of being barred from owning a firearm in keeping with federal law. House Bill 1024, introduced by state Rep. Kevin Jensen (R), cleared the...

GOP state senator Dan Laughlin says he will soon introduce a measure amending Pennsylvania’s Uniform Firearms Act to conform with the legalization of medical cannabis.  "In the near future, I plan to introduce legislation amending the Uniform Firearms Act to conform with the legalization of...

Guns for Everyone, a pro-gun rights organization, is working on an initiative to be put on the ballot next year, which would allow marijuana users to obtain concealed carry permits for guns in Colorado. On Tuesday, the proposal will be heard before the state’s Legislative Council Staff,...

Hunter Biden’s lawyers filed a motion Monday to dismiss a case against him over gun possession charges, in which they used a cannabis connection to argue discriminatory enforcement of the law. In June, Biden was the subject of a Just Department investigation ...

My medicine or my gun? This is a question medical marijuana patients who are also gun owners in the 38 legal MMJ states want answered. What does the law say? According to a 2019 FBI memo, that remained under the radar but was recently highlighted...

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, stressed the importance of having a holistic strategy to address the U.S.'s gun violence, connecting it to wider societal problems like poverty, housing instability and unjust marijuana...

A federal appeals court has ruled that the ban preventing people who use marijuana from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, a decision that could open up the door to more legal challenges to gun control laws. What Happened A three-judge panel agreed on Wednesday to reverse the conviction of a...

Starting on Tuesday, a recently approved law in Arkansas giving medical cannabis patients the right to have a concealed carry permits for firearms is taking effect, reported Marijuana Moment. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed the bill in April, just days after the state...

Are marijuana users allowed to own guns under federal law? According to Oklahoma Federal Judge Patrick Wyrick, a federal law banning cannabis consumers from owning firearms is unconstitutional. Wyrick, who was appointed by Donald Trump, cited last year’s U.S. Supreme Court...