The ninth circuit court of appeals hands down Hickmon v. Block: “[T]he right to keep and bear arms is meant solely to protect the right of the states to keep and maintain armed militia.”

      [added 3/26/2023]

Subsequent Events:

7/24/1997                   12/5/2002                    5/27/2004

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References:

Hickmon v. Block, 81 F.3d 98, 101 (9th Cir. 1996). 

Robert A. Levy and William Mellor, The Dirty Dozen: How twelve Supreme Court cases radically expanded government and eroded freedom, (New York: Sentinel, 2008), 118.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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