A collection of illegal guns is displayed during a gun buyback event, May 22, 2021, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the latest legal upheaval since a major Supreme Court ruling on gun rights, a federal appeals court has ruled against a law that bans drug unlawful users from having guns. The opinion handed down Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2023, overturned the conviction of a Mississippi man, finding past drug use shouldn't automatically ban people from possessing guns. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from having guns, marking the latest sign of upheaval in the nation's firearm legal landscape and raising questions about a law cited in the case against Hunter Biden.