In United States v. Hemani, the majority opinion declared on June 28, 2026, that the government’s prosecution of Ali Hemani under §922(g)(3)’s – for knowingly possessing a gun in his home while being an unlawful user of a controlled substance – is inconsistent with the Second Amendment.
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The question presented was:
“Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who ‘is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance,’ violates the Second Amendment as applied to respondent.”
Oral Arguments
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The Ruling
You can read the final ruling in United States v. Hemani either in our read-in-full below or by clicking here for a PDF.
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