Dude, Appeals Court Rules Pot Use and Guns DO Mix…Kind Of

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling that the prohibition on firearm possession by marijuana users is unconstitutional.

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case U.S. v. Connelly said the Texas woman involved in the action was a “non-violent, marijuana-smoking gun owner” whose Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms should not have been infringed.

“The short of it is that our history and tradition may support some limits on a presently intoxicated person’s right to carry a weapon, but they do not support disarming a sober person based solely on past substance usage,” the ruling, written by Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt, stated.

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