Legal Opinion
United States v. Francis T. Warin, Second Amendment Foundation, Amicus Curiae
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 21, 1976No. 75--1734PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This case requires a determination of whether certain provisions of the National Firearms Act as amended by the Gun Control Act of 1968, 26 U.S.C. § 5801 et seq., are an invalid infringement on the right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution which provides—
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.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of the charge that he “willfully and knowingly possessed a firearm, that is a 9 mm prototype…
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