Monday, December 13, 2021

Gun-Free School Zones Act United States [1990]

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interstate commerce

In commerce clause: Interpretation of the commerce clause in United States Supreme Court cases

…the Court ruled that the Gun-Free Zones Act (1990), which prohibited the possession of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, was unconstitutional because the measure “neither regulates a commercial activity nor contains a requirement that the possession be connected in any way to interstate commerce.” In United States

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2 comments:

  1. Ruled unconstitutional in 1995, modified and reinstated in 1996.

    https://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2012/12/disastrous-gun-law-sparked-school.html

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