Court upholds gun ban on medical marijuana card holders
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a government ban that prevents medical marijuana card holders from buying guns, Fox News reported.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers nine Western states including California, Washington and Oregon, ruled the federal ban is not in violation of the Second Amendment.
The states in that region that have legalized or effectively decriminalized medical marijuana include Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
S. Rowan Wilson, a woman from Nevada, filed a lawsuit when she attempted to buy...