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United States v. Cruikshank (1876)

Q: In which case did the Supreme Court first rule that state governments have the right to regulate when and in what matter citizens can own firearms?

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United States v. Cruikshank (1876)

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Frank Xavier Cruikshank has written:

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United States v. Stanley; United States v. Ryan; United States v. Nichols; United States v. Singleton; Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston R.R. Co.

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United States v. The Amistad happened in 1841.

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United States v. Cruikshank, 92 US 542 (1875)

The US Supreme Court held that gun control regulation was a state's rights issue, and that the Second Amendment didn't apply to the states.

[The Second Amendment was subsequently incorporated to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause in McDonald v. Chicago, 561 US ___ (2010), in a decision released June 28, 2010.]

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