The announcement appears on the Brady Campaign web site, in a 9/5 press
release:
U. S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Federal Assault Weapon Ban - The
U.S. Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge to the federal assault weapon
ban that had been brought by two gun manufacturers. The court, without
comment, rejected an appeal that claimed Congress exceeded its power to
regulate interstate commerce when it outlawed such weapons in 1994. The 1994
law, an amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, defines semiautomatic
assault weapons to include a list of specified firearms and "copies or
duplicates of the firearms in any caliber.''
Does anybody know what case this is, and the reference for the lower court
decisions?
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Bob Woolley
St. Paul, MN
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and
car keys to teenage boys.
--P.J. O'Rourke
