Comment on FR Doc # 2026-09182
Sherry CastroSupportIndividual
Summary: Sherry Castro, a medical cannabis patient, supports the revision of Form 4473 to exempt state-certified patients from the habitual user question. She argues that the current form violates Second Amendment rights and demands that the ATF issue a formal notice to FFLs regarding this exemption.
To the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF):
I am writing to submit my formal comment regarding the proposed revisions to Form 4473 (Docket No. ATF-2026-0001). I am demanding immediate action regarding the ongoing violation of Second Amendment rights for state-certified medical cannabis patients.
After careful consultation with my primary care physician, we jointly made the decision that medical cannabis was the most appropriate and effective treatment for my health needs. I am a responsible, law-abiding citizen, and I have never been in any type of trouble with the law in my entire life. Yet, under the current enforcement and wording of Form 4473, I am being penalized and treated like a convicted felon simply for following my doctor's medical guidance. My constitutional rights are actively being violated.
In light of the recent unanimous Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Hemani, which explicitly affirmed that cannabis users cannot categorically be stripped of their firearms rights, the ATF must act now rather than hiding behind a delayed administrative process.
I am officially demanding that the ATF immediately send a formal notice to all Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) nationwide explicitly stating that medical cannabis patients with a valid state certification are exempt from the habitual user question on the federal form. Law-abiding patients should not be forced to wait for bureaucratic form updates to exercise a fundamental constitutional right that the highest court in the nation has already validated.
Sincerely,
Sherry Castro