Congressional Authority to Regulate Firearms : A Legal Overview.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Judge-made law.

Trade regulation.

Interstate commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (17 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of commerce clause of the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nationals, and among the several States, and with indian tribes. Reviews commerce clause challenges to Federal firearms laws, and explores how courts have analyzed these as-applied challenges under the Supreme Court commerce clause jurisprudence primarily set forth in United States v. Lopez .

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Congressional Authority to Regulate Firearms

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