The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) just dropped a bombshell amicus brief in a Supreme Court case that’s poised to shred one of the most absurd federal gun control relics: the lifetime firearm ban on marijuana users. At issue is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which prohibits anyone who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance from possessing firearms—a category that ensnares millions of Americans legally puffing state-sanctioned weed under schemes like California’s Prop 64 or Colorado’s recreational markets. SAF’s filing backs challenger Ryan Matta, arguing the ban flunks the Bruen test by lacking any historical analogue from 1791 or 1868, when Founding Fathers like George Washington grew hemp and no law disarmed users of then-legal substances like laudanum or alcohol. It’s a masterclass in textualism: if the government can’t point to tradition, the restriction crumbles.

This isn’t just legalese wonkery—it’s a potential earthquake for the 2A community. Picture this: over 20 million regular cannabis users, per recent surveys, suddenly regain their enumerated right to self-defense without renouncing state-legal habits. Bruen already torched interest-balancing nonsense, demanding history over policy preferences, and SAF cleverly spotlights how marijuana’s federal prohibition is a 20th-century artifact, not a founding-era principle. Critics like the ATF whine about public safety, but as SAF notes, that’s code for subjective disarmament of a politically disfavored group—today pot smokers, tomorrow who? The implications ripple: victories here could invalidate other §922(g) prongs, like bans on non-violent felons or the mentally ill, forcing SCOTUS to confront how unlawful user status is a bureaucratic scarlet letter enforced via ATF Form 4473 inquisitions.

For gun owners, this is red meat— a direct assault on the administrative state’s creeping tyranny over our rights. If the Court grants cert and rules for Matta (fingers crossed post-Rahimi), expect a flood of lawsuits dismantling red-flag style preemptions masquerading as safety. SAF’s move rallies the pro-2A cavalry at the perfect moment, reminding us that rights aren’t negotiated; they’re reclaimed through courts that actually read the Constitution. Stay tuned—this could be the spark that legalizes armed liberty for America’s overlooked majority.