Firearms Legislation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ....

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Halaman 2634 - The power of Congress over interstate commerce is not confined to the regulation of commerce among the states. It extends to those activities intrastate which so affect interstate commerce or the exercise of the power of Congress over it as to make regulation of them appropriate means to the attainment of a legitimate end, the exercise of the granted power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Halaman 2985 - Would you favor or oppose a law which would require a person to obtain a police permit before he or she could buy a gun?
Halaman 2629 - In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a 'shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length...
Halaman 2633 - The genius and character of the whole government seem to be, that its action is to be applied to all the external concerns of the nation, and to those internal concerns which affect the states generally ; but not to those which are completely within a particular state, which do not affect other states, and with which it is not necessary to interfere for the purpose of executing some of the general powers of the government.
Halaman 2628 - ... is not a right granted by the constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The second amendment declares that it shall not be infringed, but this, as has been seen, means no more than that it shall not be infringed by congress.
Halaman 2640 - ... the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Halaman 2659 - Gun Control Act of 1968. I hope you will forgive me reading it: The Congress hereby declares that the purpose of this title, which amended this chapter, is to provide support to Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials in their fight against crime and violence...
Halaman 2628 - ... at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument. Certainly it is not within judicial notice that this weapon is any part of the ordinary military equipment or that its use could contribute to the common defense.
Halaman 2565 - Materials" is issued at least annually by the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the Department of the Treasury.
Halaman 2801 - Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is my privilege to appear before this committee to discuss the civilian marksmanship program and to present the request for funds to support this program in fiscal year 1971.