[Drew68]

I'd say that using narcotics made him incompetent to possess firearms. Wouldn't you?

People who shouldn't own guns, shouldn't own guns.

If only it were that easy.

[EEGator]

I knew a bunch of inner city kids back in the day. They all packed heat illegally. One dude’s gun fell out of his pocket in gym class.

[familyop]

It is that easy. He was a “prohibited person” by law because of his drug abuse. The local police knew it and had arrested him for it.

[familyop]

There are jurisdictions where police are refusing to investigate known dealers who are obviously carrying weapons (reports from coworkers, grips sticking way out of the sides of their shirts, etc.).