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Coverage dated August 9, 2023

Federal appeals court strikes down law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms

Headline from Local News 8

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old law barring users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms – the latest blow to US gun regulations after the Supreme Court cleared the way last year for courts to reexamine the nation’s gun laws under a new le…

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  1. Portland Press Herald

    Federal appeals court rules drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from having guns (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The ruling raises questions about the future of the law, which also had a central role in the proposed plea deal for Hunter Biden, the president's son.

  2. Local News 8

    Federal appeals court strikes down law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms (opens Local News 8)

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    By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old law barring users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms – the latest blow to US gun regulations after the Supreme Court cleared the way last year for courts to reexamine the nation’s gun laws under a new le…

  3. Forbes

    Drug User Can’t Be Barred From Owing Firearms, US Court Rules (opens Forbes)

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    A federal appeals court has declared the application of a long-standing law banning firearm ownership for illegal drug users unconstitutional.

  4. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News

    Court Finds Gun Ban on Illegal Drug Users is Unconstitutional (opens AmmoLand Shooting Sports News)

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    The Court found the ban on possession of firearms by people who use illegal drugs to be unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

  5. RedState

    Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Law Forbidding Gun Ownership by Drug Users (opens RedState)

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    Drug use has long been one of the reasons to deny gun ownership. This, now, is changing.

  6. Washington Times

    Appeals court rules against drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case (opens Washington Times)

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    A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against on longstanding ban on unlawful drug users possessing guns - the latest legal upheaval regarding the nation’s gun laws since a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year set new standards.

  7. MyNorthwest

    Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against on longstanding ban on unlawful drug users possessing guns — the latest legal

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