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The bill would only provide an exception for those who use marijuana for medical purposes, not recreational. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n

A new piece of legislation introduced earlier this month in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow medical marijuana users to purchase and own firearms.<\/p>\n

The bill, dubbed the \u201cSecond Amendment Protection Act<\/a>,\u201d was introduced by West Virginia Rep. Alexander Mooney and states that an individual \u201cshall not be treated as an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance based on the individual using marijuana for a medical purpose in accordance with State law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Current federal law prohibits anyone who uses a Schedule I Controlled Substance for any purpose from owning a firearm, which includes medical cannabis. As the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) stated in a 2011 letter<\/a>, \u201cthere are no exceptions in federal law for marijuana purportedly used for medicinal purposes, even if such use is sanctioned by state law.\u201d<\/p>\n

And even as more states legalize the drug for recreational and medical use, the ATF hasn\u2019t budged on its stance.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Maryland Gun Owners Forced to Choose Between Firearms and Medical Marijuana<\/a><\/h2>\n

In 2016, the ATF\u00a0amended Form 4473 to remind gun buyers that \u201cthe use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 9th<\/sup> U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled in 2016 that banning medical marijuana users from purchasing or owning a firearm does not violate Second Amendment rights<\/a>. The court argued that there is a strong link between drug use, including marijuana use, and violence, and the federal ban is therefore justified.<\/p>\n

Marijuana advocates contest that reasoning and argue that medical cannabis use should not deprive someone of his or her constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

Morgan Fox, a spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, a national group that advocates liberalizing marijuana laws, told the Baltimore Sun<\/a> that medical use of the drug should not be a barrier to gun ownership.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Honolulu Police Dept. to Pot Smokers: \u2018You Have 30 Days to Turn over Your Guns\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n

\u201cIn general, we think medical marijuana patients should have the same rights as other law-abiding Americans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The tension between state and federal drug and gun laws almost came to a head in Hawaii in 2017 when the Honolulu Police Department issued a letter to approximately 30 gun owners and marijuana users demanding that they turn in their firearms. The HPD\u00a0backed down<\/a>\u00a0from enforcing that policy, but it demonstrates how conflicting laws can make trouble for even the most law-abiding Americans.<\/p>\n

The Second Amendment Protection Act seeks to resolve at least some of that conflict, and it\u2019s been referred to the House Judiciary Committee for review.<\/p>\n

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A new piece of legislation introduced earlier this month in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow medical marijuana users to purchase and own firearms.<\/p>\n

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