Required notice--Federal firearms law

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SD Code › Title 34 › Chapter 20G › Section 34-20G-28.1

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Each application for a registry identification card and each application for a card renewal must include a notice that:

(1) The Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 922 (January 1, 2024), prohibits any person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 801, et seq., (January 1, 2024), from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing a firearm or ammunition;

(2) Until marijuana is legalized under federal law, an individual who is a current user of marijuana is, under federal law, an unlawful user of a controlled substance; and

(3) Federal law does not exempt the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Source: SL 2024, ch 136, § 1.

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