Supreme Court to Consider Whether Illegal Drug Users May Possess Firearms

A federal appeals court previously held that the Second Amendment barred Congress from banning gun use by drug users.

The Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court on Oct. 20 agreed to consider whether a federal law barring illegal drug users from possessing firearms is constitutional.

Hunter Biden was convicted under the same law in June 2024, but his father, then-President Joe Biden, pardoned him in December 2024.