The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has expressed concerns about Arkansas’s recently enacted law that allows medical cannabis patients to obtain concealed carry gun licenses. The law clarifies that a person’s status as a qualified patient in the state cannot be used to determine eligibility for a concealed carry handgun license. However, the ATF warns that this law could jeopardize the state’s federally approved alternative firearm licensing policy, which stipulates that firearms cannot be purchased by a “controlled substance user,” according to federal regulations. The ATF has asked Arkansas to explain how it ensures that concealed handgun carry license holders and applicants are not “controlled substance users” and how it reconciles its non-discrimination law regarding medical cannabis patients with federal prohibitions on firearm possession by marijuana users. The state will need to address these questions to avoid a reevaluation of its gun permit policy.
By FCCT Editorial Team
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