This Gun Case Harks Back to Constitutional Concerns About the Limits of Federal Power That Now Seem Quaint

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This Gun Case Harks Back to Constitutional Concerns About the Limits of Federal Power That Now Seem Quaint

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Testifying in favor of the National Firearms Act (NFA) in 1934, Attorney General Homer S. Cummings noted that the federal government "of course" had "no inherent police powers to go into certain localities and deal with local crime." Rather, "it is only when we can reach those things…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-11-17 20:05:12.