March 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Monday in a case challenging the rights of illegal drug users to own guns.
The case, the United States vs. Hemani, stems from the arrest of 25-year-old Ali Hemani in Texas in 2023. He was charged with possessing a firearm as a drug user under the Gun Control Act of 1968.
The Supreme Court on Monday is weighing whether a law barring drug users from owning firearms is constitutional.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.
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