The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights.

The justices decided unanimously in favor of Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas man who argued that a law barring guns from anyone who uses illegal drugs violates the Second Amendment.

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    A hammer can be a tool of death, really anything can be. And please point us to the law that states you have the right to not be around armed citizens.

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      Many towns, particularly towns in the Old West, operated like this.

      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013/

      Same thing with many cities in early modern Europe. In many places it’s been common upon entering a town or settlement that you have to check your weapons in at some location, like a sheriff’s office. Check your weapons in when you go into town, get them back when you leave.

      The first law passed in Dodge City, Kansas was one prohibiting the carrying of guns inside city limits. So, I suppose that’s the law I would point to!

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      🏆You have won the idiot of the internet today. 🏆

      Explain to the class how one person with a hammer is the same as one person with a gun. Can the person with hammer take down 30 people in a crowded room in seconds? I can list a dozen useful applications for a hammer, as far as I can tell tell a gun has one function.

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        Lol I’m not sure how you extracted that I was saying the two are the same. All I was saying that anything can be used as an instrument of death if someone is so motivated, but by all means, continue your crusade.

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          wow this guy used his big brain power to tell us a nail gun is similar to a gun. Technically speaking of course.

          Sir, last I checked no one was against using gunpowder as a tool. They are against weaponry that can elimate mass quantities of life in mere seconds.