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.”
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article II of Amendment
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
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.