• w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
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    22 hours ago

    This sounds like an attempt to prevent black people from owning guns, in the same way a marijuana conviction has kept them from owning dispensaries.

    I know white people smoke pot, but they don’t usually try to make laws to keep white people down in the same way.

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      15 hours ago

      The case in front of SCOTUS is not about implementing a new restriction. It is about if a long standing restriction on the unrelated use of controlled substances is a Constitutional violation. Weed is grabbing the headline, but the restriction applies to a vast range of substances.

    • AlDente@sh.itjust.works
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      21 hours ago

      You are exactly right in how this law has been used. However, this case is looking to overturn that and set a precidedent for allowing marijuana users to own guns.