Had drinks in a pub last week that is twice as old as the US. It was pretty interesting to consider what Old means. And yes, the beer was fantastic.
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![ALITO, J., concurring in judgment
that produce, distribute, or possess marijuana in compliance with state law.2
In these circumstances, marijuana use today is like alcohol use at the founding. It is widespread and increasingly
considered socially acceptable in many quarters. And from
a practical standpoint, law enforcement widely tolerates
the use of marijuana.
These similarities underscore the deficiency of the Government’s analogues. To succeed, the Government would
need to identify a regulatory principle that justified disarmament of persons who are relevantly similar to the occasional marijuana user. But whereas the Government’s
analogues allowed disarmament only of those whose extreme use of an intoxicant (alcohol) incapacitated them habitually, §922(g)(3) as applied to respondent allows disarmament of those who do no more than “regularly us[e]” a
similar intoxicant (marijuana) unlawfully.
In attempting to rebuff a Second Amendment challenge,
the Government need not identify a historical twin or precise precursor. Rahimi, 602 U. S., at 692. Still, the Government must cite analogues that are “relevantly similar”
and that therefore furnish a basis for inferring that a challenged law is consistent with the historical understanding
of the right that the Second Amendment codified. Here, the
Government’s analogues are too far afield to justify the application of §922(g) to a marijuana user like respondent.
We need not say more to decide this case, and I would for
that reason say no more. I accordingly would affirm on this
ground alone.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wovz3whdkughp6decczypkqq/bafkreifqyerps6ufgmbdxxstbpgrmrc3obwqzktbsrx6qcjrh6bhkbvkly)
