early cases
What 1833 case said the Bill of Rights only limits the federal government, not the states?
Barron v. Baltimore
What 1897 case said no right is absolute?
Robertson v. Baldwin
What 1908 case said the right against self-incrimination didn’t apply to the states yet?
Twining v. New Jersey
What 1934 law added taxes and registration for certain guns?
National Firearms Act
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
second amendment
What 1822 Kentucky case struck down a law banning concealed weapons?
Bliss v. Commonwealth
What 1939 case said the Second Amendment protects weapons used for militia service, not all guns?
U.S v. Miller
What 1937 case said double jeopardy wasn’t “fundamental" enough to be applied to the states?
Palko v. Connecticut
What 1986 law stopped the government from making illegal gun registries?
Firearms Owners’ Protection Act
What was the main reason the Supreme Court gave in District of Columbia v. Heller for protecting gun ownership?
self defense
What 1876 case said the federal government couldn’t punish private citizens for rights violations (like the Colfax Massacre)?
U.S. v. Cruikshank
What 2008 case said people have an individual right to own guns for self-defense?
District of Columbia v. Heller
What 1968 case said people have the right to a jury trial in state courts too?
Duncan v. Louisiana
What 1995 case struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act and limited Congress’s power?
United States v. Lopez
What part of the Constitution protects individual rights from the federal government?
Bill of Rights
What 1886 case said the Second Amendment only applies to the federal government, not states?
Presser v. Illinois
What 2010 case said that individual gun right applies to both federal and state governments?
McDonald v. Chicago
What 2010 case said the Second Amendment applies to the states through the 14th Amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago
What 1997 case said the federal government can’t make local officials do background checks (10th Amendment)?
Printz v. United States
What clause in the 14th Amendment was used to apply the Second Amendment to the states?
Due Process Clause
What 1894 case said the 14th Amendment hadn’t yet applied the Second Amendment to the states?
Miller v. Texas
What 1977 case said even a small link to interstate commerce lets the federal government regulate guns?
Scarborough v. United States
What idea (term) means some rights in the Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the 14th Amendment?
Selective incorporation
What 2002 case said courts can’t restore gun rights unless Congress allows it through the ATF?
United States v. Bean
What clause has been used by Congress to justify gun control laws that involve trade or travel between states?
Commerce Clause