United States v. Hemani · ¶11

The federal Gun Control Act prohibits various categories of people from possessing guns. These categories, listed in 18 U. S. C. § 922(g), include individuals convicted of crimes “punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year,” § 922(g)(1), fugitives from justice, § 922(g)(2), and those convicted of domestic violence crimes, § 922(g)(9). This case concerns another of the statute's provisions— § 922(g)(3). Under its terms, anyone who is an “unlawful user of” or “addicted to” a “controlled substance” is automatically banned from possessing a gun. And for defying this ban, an individual can face up to 15 years in federal prison, § 924(a)(8), and disarmament for life, § 922(g)(1).

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