Congressional Research Service Issues Legal Sidebar White Paper on Second Amendment & Federal Prohibition on Unlawful Drug Users From Possessing Firearms
January 14, 2024
January 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11104) on Jan. 12, 2024, by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu:
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The Second Amendment and the Federal Prohibition on Unlawful Drug Users from Possessing Firearms
Title 18, Section 922(g)(3), of the U.S. Code prohibits any person "who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance" from possessing a firearm or ammuni . . .
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The Second Amendment and the Federal Prohibition on Unlawful Drug Users from Possessing Firearms
Title 18, Section 922(g)(3), of the U.S. Code prohibits any person "who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance" from possessing a firearm or ammuni . . .