DENVER — Marijuana users and gun owners are not hard to find in Colorado. Now both communities are paying close attention to the U.S. Supreme Court, which announced Monday it will consider whether regular marijuana users can legally own guns.

Colorado and about half of the other states in the country have legalized recreational marijuana, but it’s still illegal federally.

A federal law bans those who are “an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” from owning or possessing a firearm. That includes regular users of marijuana.

A lower court ruled that law too often violates the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms, but the Trump Administration says the restriction is justified.

The administration’s petition to the Supreme Court asking to review the case says habitual

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