59 Cited authorities

  1. Terry v. Ohio

    392 U.S. 1 (1968)   Cited 38,206 times   73 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a police officer who has reasonable suspicion of criminal activity may conduct a brief investigative stop
  2. District of Columbia et al. v. Heller

    554 U.S. 570 (2008)   Cited 3,486 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding it irrelevant to the constitutionality of D.C.'s "handgun" ban that the law allowed citizens the possession of substitutes, like "long guns"
  3. Mathews v. Eldridge

    424 U.S. 319 (1976)   Cited 15,760 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a procedure based on written submissions was adequate because it included safeguards against mistake including that the agency informed the recipient of its tentative assessment and the evidence supporting it and an opportunity was then afforded the recipient to submit additional evidence "enabling him to challenge directly the accuracy of information in his file as well as the correctness of the agency's tentative conclusions"
  4. McDonald v. City of Chicago

    561 U.S. 742 (2010)   Cited 2,291 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Second Amendment applies to the states, through incorporation under the Fourteenth Amendment
  5. Gregory v. Ashcroft

    501 U.S. 452 (1991)   Cited 987 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding Missouri's judicial age limitation of 70 rationally related to such legitimate purposes as avoiding laborious testing of older judges' physical and mental acuity, promoting orderly attrition of judges, and recognizing that judges' remoteness from public view makes determination of competency, and removal from office, more difficult than for other office-holders
  6. Gonzales v. Oregon

    546 U.S. 243 (2006)   Cited 560 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statute did not delegate authority to Attorney General to make medical judgments
  7. United States v. Hayes

    555 U.S. 415 (2009)   Cited 287 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the last-antecedent rule is defeated when applying it would violate the rule against superfluity and strain the syntax of the provision
  8. Schweiker v. Wilson

    450 U.S. 221 (1981)   Cited 646 times
    Holding that Congress made a rational distinction in limiting Supplemental Security Income benefits to health care facilities already receiving Medicaid funds
  9. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

    520 U.S. 180 (1997)   Cited 326 times
    Holding that "Congress has drawn reasonable inferences based on substantial evidence," when it had before it evidence including some memory surveys
  10. U.S. v. Marzzarella

    614 F.3d 85 (3d Cir. 2010)   Cited 385 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a federal law banning possession of a firearm with an altered serial number “would pass muster under either intermediate scrutiny or strict scrutiny”
  11. Section 922 - Unlawful acts

    18 U.S.C. § 922   Cited 60,470 times   181 Legal Analyses
    Finding that "even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, its component parts, ammunition, and the raw materials from which they are made have considerably moved in interstate commerce"
  12. Section 923 - Licensing

    18 U.S.C. § 923   Cited 564 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Creating recordkeeping obligations
  13. Section 2923.21 - Improperly furnishing firearms to minor

    Ohio Rev. Code § 2923.21   Cited 44 times
    Prohibiting the transfer of guns to minors
  14. Section 2C:58-6.1 - Possession of firearms by minors; exceptions

    N.J. Stat. § 2C:58-6.1   Cited 17 times

    a. No person under the age of 18 years shall purchase, barter or otherwise acquire a firearm and no person under the age of 21 years shall purchase, barter or otherwise acquire a handgun, unless the person is authorized to possess the handgun in connection with the performance of official duties under the provisions of N.J.S. 2C:39-6. b. No person under the age of 18 years shall possess, carry, fire or use a firearm except as provided under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this subsection; and

  15. Section 134-2 - Permits to acquire

    Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-2   Cited 13 times

    (a) No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner or unregistered, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in the State or imported by mail, express, freight, or otherwise, until the person has first procured from the chief of police of the county of the person's place of business or, if there is no place of business, the

  16. Section 724.22 - Persons under twenty-one - sale, loan, gift, making available - possession

    Iowa Code § 724.22   Cited 9 times

    1. Except as provided in subsection 3, a person who sells, loans, gives, or makes available a rifle or shotgun or ammunition for a rifle or shotgun to a minor commits a serious misdemeanor for a first offense and a class "D" felony for second and subsequent offenses. 2. Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5, a person who sells, loans, gives, or makes available a pistol or revolver or ammunition for a pistol or revolver to a person below the age of twenty-one commits a serious misdemeanor for

  17. Section 903 - Sale to persons under 21 or intoxicated persons

    Del. Code tit. 24 § 903   Cited 5 times

    No person shall sell to a person under the age of 21 or any intoxicated person any of the articles referred to in the first paragraph of §901 of this title. 24 Del. C. § 903 26 Del. Laws, c. 15, § 3; Code 1915, § 259; 30 Del. Laws, c. 28, § 1; Code 1935, § 233; 42 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 2; 24 Del. C. 1953, §903; 66 Del. Laws, c. 184, §2.;

  18. Section 5-134 - Restrictions on sale, rental, or transfer of regulated firearms

    Md. Code, Pub. Safety § 5-134   Cited 5 times

    (a) This section supersedes any restriction that a local jurisdiction in the State imposes on the transfer by a private party of a regulated firearm, and the State preempts the right of any local jurisdiction to regulate the transfer of a regulated firearm. (b) A dealer or other person may not sell, rent, loan, or transfer a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reasonable cause to believe: (1) is under the age of 21 years, unless

  19. Section 22-4507 - Certain sales of pistols prohibited

    D.C. Code § 22-4507   Cited 3 times

    No person shall within the District of Columbia sell any pistol to a person who he or she has reasonable cause to believe is not of sound mind, or is forbidden by § 22-4503 to possess a pistol [now "firearm"], or, except when the relation of parent and child or guardian and ward exists, is under the age of 21 years. D.C. Code § 22-4507 July 8, 1932, 47 Stat. 652, ch. 465, § 7; June 29, 1953, 67 Stat. 94, ch. 159, § 204(d); May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 15(f), 41 DCR 1639.

  20. Section 11-47-30 - Transfer or delivery of firearms to minors

    R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-30   Cited 2 times

    (a) It shall be unlawful within this state for any person to transfer, give, convey, or cause to be transferred, given or conveyed any firearm to any person under eighteen (18) years of age, when the person knows or has reason to know that the recipient is under eighteen (18) years of age, except for the limited purposes set forth in § § 11-47-33 and 11-47-34 and with the prior approval or consent of the parent or legal guardian of the minor. (b) Every person violating this section shall be punished

  21. Section 478.99 - Certain prohibited sales or deliveries

    27 C.F.R. § 478.99   Cited 32 times
    Transferring firearms to a person who indicated that he is prohibited from possessing firearms