The World and Everything In It 3.9.26 Marijuana use and disarming a citizen, the labor-market weakness and Iran war, and Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone
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Mar 9, 2026 Emma Eicher, a World History Book reporter, visits the Asheville Radio Museum to talk Alexander Graham Bell and the early telephone. David Bonson, financial analyst and CIO of The Bonson Group, discusses labor-market weakness and economic effects of the Iran conflict. They also examine legal questions around marijuana use and gun rights.
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Marijuana Use Versus Second Amendment Tradition
- The Supreme Court is weighing whether habitual use of controlled substances like marijuana justifies removing gun rights under historical tradition scrutiny from Bruen.
- Ali Daniel Himani used marijuana roughly every other day and the court debated historical drunkenness analogies, legal notice, and scheduling distinctions.
Lawfulness Not Just Dangerousness Drives Disarmament
- Justices questioned whether federal drug schedules and legality, not inherent dangerousness, drive firearm disqualifications under the Gun Control Act.
- Examples ranged from Ambien misuse to gummy bears, highlighting lawfulness versus impairment concerns.
Marijuana's Federal Schedule Shapes Legal Arguments
- Federal classification of marijuana as Schedule I (potentially moving to Schedule III) complicates analogies to hard drugs when justifying gun prohibitions.
- President Trump's order to the DEA could make marijuana's legal classification less comparable to heroin or fentanyl.