Jacob Mann

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of United States v. Hemani in which the U.S. Department of Justice prosecuted a U.S. citizen for unlawful possession of a firearm while being an unlawful user of a controlled substance (marijuana), holding that his prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(3) was inconsistent with the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. While many states have legalized marijuana in some form, it is still illegal on a federal level. Prior to this decision, in the view of the federal government, any use of marijuana, whether legal in your state or not, automatically prohibited you from purchasing or possessing a firearm. This decision removes the legal justification used by the DoJ.